Pay for
Pay for verb - Have as a guest.
Both terms in one sentence
- A patient who desperately needed surgery couldn't be treated at the small clinic where he was diagnosed, but his insurance wouldn't pay for the ambulance service to take him to a bigger hospital.
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On Untold Stories of the ER, a patient who desperately needs surgery can't be treated at the small clinic where he's diagnosed, but his insurance won't pay for the ambulance service to take him to a bigger hospital.
Source: Cutting the Knot -
Work Off the Debt: In "Equal Rights" Lucy and Ethel have to wash dishes after Ricky and Fred make them pay for their own meals with money they don't have after they complain that they should be treated just the same as men.
Source: Series / I Love Lucy
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