Paying
Paying adjective - Yielding a profit.
Sustaining and paying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sustaining" instead an adjective "Paying".
Sustaining
Paying and sustaining are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Paying" instead an adjective "Sustaining".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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City of Heroes awards badges for some rather dubious "achievements", including sustaining high amounts of damage, paying off debt (which is accrued each time you are "killed"), and time spent held in status effects.
Source: Medal of Dishonor
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