pay to play

短语

词形变化

paid to play paying to play pays to play 三单 pays to play paying to play 现在分词 paid to play 过去式 paid to play 过去分词

别名

pay for play pay-to-play

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any kind of charge to engage in an activity.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Any kind of charge to engage in an activity.

    Campaign contributions (or outright bribes or graft) required to avail oneself of certain opportunities controlled by politicians, such as uncompetitive government contracts.

    美国 不可数 政治
v.
  1. 1.

    To incur a cost to participate in an activity; especially, in a corrupt way.

    引申义
  2. 2.

    To incur a cost to participate in an activity; especially, in a corrupt way.

    To make a campaign contribution or illegal payment to avail oneself of business or other opportunities controlled by politicians or civil servants.

    美国 政治 引申义
  3. 3.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pay, to, play.

词源

From the sometime practice of charging a fee for admission to a gambling game.

来源：wiktionary