Sentence examples for in effect pay from inspiring English sources
Thus, church property would in effect pay off the national debt and obviate the need for further loans.
But because many Americans do most of their saving through tax-preferred accounts, such as I.R.A.'s and 401(k) plans, they in effect pay taxes based on how much they consume.
But Nicholas Shaxson, author of "Treasure Islands", a book on offshore finance (and a former contributor to this paper), calls it a "Swiss tax swizz": the country will in effect pay a fat fee to avoid revealing clients' names.
Most now agree that workers do, in effect, pay some of the tax formally levied on companies.
Oil change and a few other things the dealer says need to be done to keep your warranty in effect; pay $400.
Commercial tenants in the Chrysler Building, built on land owned by Cooper Union, in effect pay their taxes to Cooper instead of to the city.
Leipzig-Altenburg airport in Germany—another of those under inspection by the European Commission—in effect pays Ryanair a fee for each passenger it sends there.
Detroit is, in effect, paying people to scrap their cars.
It is, in effect, paid a fixed fee for running a railway.
Individual journalists are, in effect, "paid" for advertising placements by greedy physicians.
