Sentence examples for customary payment from inspiring English sources

Their families were scandalized that Sharif had proposed, and by her refusal to accept the customary payment that a groom's family offers his bride.

Do it without a referral, and accept that the insurance company will only pay 90percentt of what it considers reasonable and customary payment for the services rendered.

On Monday, it reported that Brian Sokutu, a spokesman for the governing African National Congress, confirmed that the president had provided inhlawula, the customary payment by a Zulu man after he fathers a child out wedlock.

"The Man Dressed in Linen" tells the story of a cantor who was so pious that he refused the customary payment for chanting the prayer service on Jewish holidays, despite being destitute.

New measures being studied include a raise in taxes on goods and an increase in working hours and the scrapping of a customary Christmas payment for civil servants.

Mr. Chipman is known as an aggressive lender, willing to finance drivers without the customary 20percentt down payment.

Then he abruptly ordered the troops to collect seashells as booty from their "victory" over the waves, and gave them the bonus payment customary after triumphs.

As Pickens was on his way out the door to catch his flight, a researcher tried to give him the customary $70 cash payment for donating his time.

Payments are customary in such cases in India.

The American Collectors Association says that far more health care providers are turning over their accounts to agencies 30 to 60 days after a missed payment, instead of the customary 150 to 210 days.

The filmmakers and others who filed the suit have asked for an additional "incentive" payment of $10,000 to $15,000, a customary award for the named parties in class action lawsuits.