pay-for-play

1. Of or indicating something in which one must pay money to be able to participate. You want to get in on this game? Well, it's pay-for-play, my friend—cash only!

2. Of or indicating something in which one must pay money in exchange for favor or power. Politics is the biggest pay-for-play racket we've got. Huge corporations financially back candidates in order to have political influence in the future.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

pay-to-play
make (one) pay through the nose
pay (for something) out of pocket
pay out of pocket
put (one) to great expense
pay the penalty for (something)
bread
pay the freight
pay through the nose
pay through the nose (for something)

词组	pay-for-play
释义	pay-for-play pay-for-play 1. Of or indicating something in which one must pay money to be able to participate. You want to get in on this game? Well, it's pay-for-play, my friend—cash only! 2. Of or indicating something in which one must pay money in exchange for favor or power. Politics is the biggest pay-for-play racket we've got. Huge corporations financially back candidates in order to have political influence in the future. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: pay-to-play make (one) pay through the nose pay (for something) out of pocket pay out of pocket put (one) to great expense pay the penalty for (something) bread pay the freight pay through the nose pay through the nose (for something)
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