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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But the math flipped in 2021: America’s aging population means there are fewer workers paying into the system for each retiree drawing benefits. Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2025 Foreign individuals working in America may have paid into the U.S. Social Security system for decades. Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025 Reuters could not determine the ownership of the large wallet or the two intermediary wallets that paid into wallets Pavan identified as Slon’s, or whether any were used in other sabotage or espionage cases. Mari Saito, USA Today, 20 May 2025 The tear-down isn’t paid for with current customer rates; rather, back in the day, customers who used electricity generated by the reactors paid into those trust funds through their electric bills. Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 31 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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