COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
earn/be paid a pittance
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The musicians earn a pittance.
paid employment (= a job for which you receive money )
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51% of women return to paid employment within 5 years of having a child.
paid in full
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The debt must be paid in full .
paid peanuts
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The hotel workers get paid peanuts .
paid work
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She hasn’t done any paid work since she had children.
paid/unpaid leave
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She took three days unpaid leave in order to help her daughter.
paid/unpaid overtime
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Many teachers do a lot of unpaid overtime.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
all expenses paid
paid in arrears
put paid to sth
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But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy.
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But Travis McKenna had put paid to that by being particularly vigilant.
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Hitler's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations.
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It rather put paid to any idea she'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though.
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Lefkowitz, a classicist and humanities professor at Wellesley College, puts paid to Afrocentric myth-making.
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People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time.
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This was the cause of his deafness, which put paid to a planned career in the army and in politics.
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Yet an inflamed shin almost put paid to Sampras in the first week.
put paid to sth
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But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy.
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But Travis McKenna had put paid to that by being particularly vigilant.
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Hitler's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations.
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It rather put paid to any idea she'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though.
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Lefkowitz, a classicist and humanities professor at Wellesley College, puts paid to Afrocentric myth-making.
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People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time.
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This was the cause of his deafness, which put paid to a planned career in the army and in politics.
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Yet an inflamed shin almost put paid to Sampras in the first week.
sb has paid their debt to society
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After 20 years in jail, Murray feels he has paid his debt to society.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is not known whether the fine was eventually paid .
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Most people want to be paid in a valuable, stable currency that is a sound store of wealth.
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Since you do not accept paid tobacco advertisements, why did you allow this one?
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Some grants are paid directly to the developer; others are paid to the local authority or other public body.
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The fees would be paid direct to institutions on students' behalf by local education authorities.
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The gambles very often paid off.
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They paid a lot of money for me to come here.
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Where applicable, a London Weighting Allowance of £1702, £1012 or £160 p.a. will also be paid .