Sentence examples for pay was for from inspiring English sources

During the glory years of the country's capitalism, from the late 1940s to the late 1960s, American bosses were paid salaries like other professionals (performance-related pay was for the lower classes).

That happened whether the pay was for flipping hamburgers or designing machines and whether the measure was wages or a broader category that also includes bonuses and cashed-in stock options.

The league said the 41-game suspension without pay was for interference and an illegal check to the head against Silfverberg during the first period of a preseason game in Anaheim on Saturday.

The highest price paid was for Fire Comm.

Paying taxes is for suckers.

I'm for pay-as-you-go.

Public pay could be frozen for longer.

And it was paid for.

And who was paying for it?

It was paid for by insurance.

His burial was paid for by Lancashire County Cricket Club.