заплатить кровавую цену("France has once again paid a price in blood but will not yield an inch to the enemies of liberty," President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter. • Units which adapted enjoyed relative success while those which did not paid a price in blood.4uzhoj)
заработать право на что-либо усердной работой(или страданиями; to experience life's hardships: earn a right or position through experience, suffering, or hard work: The young athlete worked hard to pay his dues in order to get on the best team in the city – Этот молодой спортсмен много работал, чтобы попасть в лучшую команду в городеTaras)
заплатить наличными(Still, at the end of the day, he got paid – in cold, hard cash. "He paid pretty well. He actually paid over what I normally ask."cbc.caART Vancouver)
платить(Who's paying the bill for the new pipe? Am I paying the bill or are they paying the bill? -- Кто будет платить? Я буду платить или они будут платить?ART Vancouver)
