To pay for

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If they paid rent, of course, they might pay forever, and be no better off; whereas, if they could only meet the extra expense in the beginning, there would at last come a time when they would not have any rent to pay for the rest of their lives.

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There will be chickens, pigs, vegetables, fruit trees, and everything like that; and there will be enough cows to pay for a hired man or two.

His face blazed with wrath, and he shouted in stentorian tones that echoed down the universe, "I shall deduct the cost of those cuffs from your wages!" The pile of cuffs grew into a mountain, and Martin knew that he was doomed to toil for a thousand years to pay for them.

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At a word since I must needs, for once, hold a candle to the devil what ransom am I to pay for walking on Watling-street, without having fifty men at my back?''

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In qualified plans covered by section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, withdrawals generally are not subject to federal income tax if the money is used to pay for qualified educational expenses.

The best use of spare cash: tax-savvy strategy for extra dollars

But higher prices would make Wal-Mart's shoppers bear the cost: Wal-Mart's low-income customers would, in effect, be paying a regressive new sales tax to pay for the employees' added health benefits.

Wal Mart: good or evil?

Thus, while some employers may be tempted to fund amounts sufficient to pay for catastrophic illnesses in retirement, an actuarial determination of funding for those amounts would consider the likelihood that those costs would actually be incurred.

Is a single-employer welfare benefit plan appropriate for a small business?

If a patient gets outside help to pay for medications while she's in the donut hole, that financial help may count as an out-of-pocket expense, and once total drug costs reach the "catastrophic" level, Part D will pay for 95% of further costs.

Got Medicare? What people living with HIV need to know about the new medicare drug benefit--"Part D"--starting January 1st, 2006

"Additional part-time staff is being considered to minimize the financial impact of having to pay for extended coverage previously provided by exempted employees.

Schools cope with federal Overtime: regulation changes have increased the number of employees eligible for overtime pay

The employer amends the plan (the Amended Plan) to provide that the employer will continue to pay for this coverage on a pre-tax basis for eligible employees.

Tax-free disability benefits: new IRS ruling allows favorable treatment

When it comes to making big purchases, he suggests doing the same--open a savings account and put away money each month until enough has accumulated to pay for the item.

Forgive us our debts: Mount Carmel Baptist Church is teaching its congregation how to manage credit. (Black Wealth Initiative)

The company's Nasdaq initial public offering received a lukewarm response as investors questioned whether AOL could get people to pay for something that other companies at the time were giving away.