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 high earners with $1 million in gross annual wage income have already stopped paying into the program as of March 6, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
The Social Security Administration distributes about $1.3 trillion a year in retirement benefits to roughly 59 million Americans who paid into the system during their working years.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
The $500 billion demanded by Trump no longer features in the deal, and the fund that Ukraine will pay into is also no longer going to be 100% U.S.-owned, according to the full text of the agreement obtained by ABC News.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
The older people at that time weren’t paying into a system and saving money.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
The Social Security Administration distributes about $1.3 trillion a year in retirement benefits to roughly 59 million Americans who paid into the system during their working years.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
The $500 billion demanded by Trump no longer features in the deal, and the fund that Ukraine will pay into is also no longer going to be 100% U.S.-owned, according to the full text of the agreement obtained by ABC News.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
The older people at that time weren’t paying into a system and saving money.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 25 Feb. 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 22 Mar. 2025.
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