PAYING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paying mean? 

• PAYING (adjective)
  The adjective PAYING has 2 senses:

1. yielding a fair profit

2. for which money is paid

  Familiarity information: PAYING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAYING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yielding a fair profit

Synonyms:

gainful; paid; paying

Similar:

profitable (yielding material gain or profit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

For which money is paid

Synonyms:

compensable; paying; remunerative; salaried; stipendiary

Context example:

stipendiary services

Similar:

paid (marked by the reception of pay)

 Context examples 

Whatever comes up, it seems that there’s no way to avoid paying.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It was not unlikely, she thought, that she might see Mr. Knightley in her way; or, perhaps, he might come in while she were paying her visit.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

They all liked Jo immensely, but never fell in love with her, though very few escaped without paying the tribute of a sentimental sigh or two at Amy's shrine.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Before the play, I am much mistaken if Julia did not think he was paying her attentions.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Toward the last the syndicate had been paying him five dollars each for them and accepting every one he sent.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He ought not to be supposed to be paying his addresses to any one.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It is to recompense you for any inconvenience that we are paying to you, a young and unknown man, a fee which would buy an opinion from the very heads of your profession.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You might have trouble sleeping, eating, or paying attention.

(Coping with Disasters, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

But my uncle was paying no attention whatever to the voluble self-reproaches of the landlord.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)