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单词 pay-to-play
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Definition of pay-to-play in English:

pay-to-play

adjective
  • 1Relating to or denoting an arrangement in which a charge must be paid to play a game or sport.

    both municipal courses are also available on a pay-to-play basis
    all the games are pay-to-play
    a pay-to-play pool table
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Free-to-play has been on the rise, continually, for the last six years, with players - and oddly, revenue - both surpassing those of pay-to-play games.
    • The free-to-play (F2P) revenue model continues to dominate over pay-to-play games.
    • According to a coach based in Philadelphia, US soccer is moving away from a pay-to-play model in youth soccer.
    • The NFL launched its own pay-to-play competitions, with memorabilia as trophies.
    • We couldn't make a pay-to-play game as "nobody" pays for mobile games anymore.
    • Why subscribe to two or three pay-to-play MMOs when there's only so much time to put into whichever is selected?
    • The new pay-to-play video site soft-launched today.
    • They play on a pay-to-play basis.
    1. 1.1US (especially in politics) relating to or denoting a situation in which payment is demanded, often illegally, from those wishing to take part in a particular business activity.
      a pay-to-play scandal haunts the hundred-billion-dollar state pension fund
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I did not know that the governor and his cronies were attempting to use the process to extort money and favors in a brazen pay-to-play scheme.
      • New Jersey recently established rules against pay-to-play practices at its state pension fund.
      • During his first year as mayor, the issue of pay-to-play bubbled to the surface more than once.
      • He is a pay-to-play governor, which, given our system of campaign finance, is all perfectly legal.
      • I reject and denounce pay-to-play politics and have no involvement whatsoever in any wrongdoing.
      • He believes the public is finally fed up with the pay-to-play culture that has dominated the city's politics for decades.
      • The councilman is sponsoring a bill meant to address pay-to-play by severely limiting contributions from vendors who receive no-bid contracts.
      • After a year of pay-to-play investigations in City Hall, prosecutors have yet to prove any links between campaign fund-raising and lucrative city contracts.
      • Congress for so long has operated on a pay-to-play system, where those with the deepest pockets have the loudest voice.
      • Government watchdog groups who have followed the negotiations praised the Council's efforts to curb so-called pay-to-play contributions.

Definition of pay-to-play in US English:

pay-to-play

adjective
  • 1Relating to or denoting an arrangement in which a charge must be paid to play a game or sport.

    both municipal courses are also available on a pay-to-play basis
    all the games are pay-to-play
    a pay-to-play pool table
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The NFL launched its own pay-to-play competitions, with memorabilia as trophies.
    • Free-to-play has been on the rise, continually, for the last six years, with players - and oddly, revenue - both surpassing those of pay-to-play games.
    • According to a coach based in Philadelphia, US soccer is moving away from a pay-to-play model in youth soccer.
    • The new pay-to-play video site soft-launched today.
    • We couldn't make a pay-to-play game as "nobody" pays for mobile games anymore.
    • The free-to-play (F2P) revenue model continues to dominate over pay-to-play games.
    • They play on a pay-to-play basis.
    • Why subscribe to two or three pay-to-play MMOs when there's only so much time to put into whichever is selected?
    1. 1.1US (especially in politics) relating to or denoting a situation in which payment is demanded, often illegally, from those wishing to take part in a particular business activity.
      a pay-to-play scandal haunts the hundred-billion-dollar state pension fund
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I did not know that the governor and his cronies were attempting to use the process to extort money and favors in a brazen pay-to-play scheme.
      • After a year of pay-to-play investigations in City Hall, prosecutors have yet to prove any links between campaign fund-raising and lucrative city contracts.
      • The councilman is sponsoring a bill meant to address pay-to-play by severely limiting contributions from vendors who receive no-bid contracts.
      • New Jersey recently established rules against pay-to-play practices at its state pension fund.
      • I reject and denounce pay-to-play politics and have no involvement whatsoever in any wrongdoing.
      • He believes the public is finally fed up with the pay-to-play culture that has dominated the city's politics for decades.
      • Government watchdog groups who have followed the negotiations praised the Council's efforts to curb so-called pay-to-play contributions.
      • Congress for so long has operated on a pay-to-play system, where those with the deepest pockets have the loudest voice.
      • He is a pay-to-play governor, which, given our system of campaign finance, is all perfectly legal.
      • During his first year as mayor, the issue of pay-to-play bubbled to the surface more than once.
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