pay into
phrasal verb
paid into; paying into; pays into
chiefly US
: to put money into (a fund or account)
Each month she pays into an account that can be used for medical expenses.
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The Nationals and Angels are also ineligible because clubs that pay into MLB’s revenue sharing program, as both teams do, aren’t eligible to land lottery picks in consecutive years.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Those payments are then used to calculate how much the Sheriff’s Office must pay into the county’s public liability fund in future years.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
Making companies pay into Social Security on behalf of their machines.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Fewer people, particularly fewer healthy people, paying into the system means the expenses are spread over a smaller pool, which raises rates.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Those payments are then used to calculate how much the Sheriff’s Office must pay into the county’s public liability fund in future years.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025
Making companies pay into Social Security on behalf of their machines.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Fewer people, particularly fewer healthy people, paying into the system means the expenses are spread over a smaller pool, which raises rates.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pay into
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“Pay into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20into. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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