Sentence examples for asking for payments from inspiring English sources

Run-of-the-mill bribery schemes, practiced from China to Mexico, usually involve the police, fire inspectors or other regulators asking for payments on the side to allow a business to operate.

"Say, they are asking for payments which you think aren't allowed in the code, if they are asking them from a number of suppliers, have a word with your trade association, see whether they can bring any enforcement action".

He said Tesco had also stopped asking for payments related to "category captain" status or range reviews, but the company would look at making further changes in the light of Tacon's planned consultation.

WALL STREET JOURNAL   Whistle-Blowers Want Reward From S.E.C.  |  The whistle-blowers who helped the Securities and Exchange Commission in an investigation of Bank of New York Mellon have filed claims asking for payments under a new program, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Ms. Casburn denied asking for payment.

However, they are now asking for payment over and above this agreement.

This also means feeling no embarrassment or guilt in calling and asking for payment.

A Nigerian woman described as a friend helped arrange her passage to Europe, without asking for payment.

Its customers, most of them small businesses, pay $750 for a series of five letters asking for payment, each escalating in intensity.

And while the companies themselves are legitimate, they are often used by scammers, so be wary of strangers asking for payment this way.

In reality a large number of traders who are registered with HMRC escape tax by asking for payment in cash and failing to declare this income.