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The phrase "are needed to pay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the necessity of funds or resources required for a payment or transaction.
Example: "The funds are needed to pay for the upcoming project expenses."
Alternatives: "are required to cover" or "are necessary to settle".
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Of course, these provisions are needed to pay for the massive corporate tax cuts Trump wants.
"More than eight of 10 income taxpayers are needed to pay for our annual social services bill.
The new municipal bonds, issued by the California Department of Water Resources, are needed to pay for electricity bought during the energy crisis of 2000-2001.
How many American parents would have more time and energy to patiently teach their children domestic skills if they weren't running on overdrive in jobs that are needed to pay for family health insurance?
Press+, a paywall provider set up in 2010, now has over 300 clients.Till Faida, co-founder of Eyeo, which owns Adblock Plus, agrees that ads are needed to pay for content.
An offender who remains in the community can retain his or her job, which is especially important if wages are needed to pay for counseling, restitution, fines, or court costs.
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The money was needed to pay for marijuana they had bought and intended to resell.
An additional $6,500 a year is needed to pay for salaries, supplies, fuel and other costs.
Operating income is needed to pay back the costs to build out the restaurant.
By 2006, its entire $805 million budget would be needed to pay off loans.
Still more will be needed to pay for the incoming Obama administration's stimulus package.
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