Sentence examples for understood to pay from inspiring English sources

Sky is understood to pay upwards of £10m for its cycling team, while Manchester United's sponsorship deal with General Motors is worth an estimated £51m a year; Vodafone's backing of Formula One adds up to around £40m.

One of their tasks was "to take care of" a high-ranking United Nations official, which Mr. Vincent understood to mean to pay bribes, the complaint says.

HMV had outstanding debt of $279 million on Oct. 27, the latest figures available, although Hilco is understood to have paid around $190 million to purchase the debt.

Hilco, which helped turn round HMV Canada, is understood to have paid around £40 million for £120 million of HMV's debt, giving it effective control of the business.

Although the fee is undisclosed, Leicester are understood to have paid around £10m for the midfielder, who said: "I am very happy to come to Leicester.

Walter, who was understood to have paid his own rates, was held liable by the court because he acted as a legal adviser to the dissident ratepayers.

Sky are understood to be paying significantly more than the £7m annual deal to broadcast the Open previously struck with the BBC.

Arqiva, previously a 37% shareholder in Digital One, is understood to have paid a nominal sum for Global Radio's 63% stake.

The former United players are understood to be paying UK tax on all the transactions and do not hold their Salford City shares offshore.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but CVC Capital is understood to have paid around £750 million ($1.2 billion), according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Almost 1,000 investors are understood to have paid into more than 51 Icebreaker partnerships between them and the judge dismissed arguments they had been set up for commercial purposes or profit.