B2idiommoneyIELTS-friendly
pay your way
USUK
to pay for yourself instead of depending on other people's money
'Pay your own way' is just as common. A business or project 'pays its way' when it earns enough to cover its costs.
In context
At university, Linh paid her own way by teaching English in the evenings.
I'm happy to pay my way; I don't want my parents to fund the trip.
More idioms about money
- a cash cowa product or business that steadily makes a lot of money
- a false economya way of saving money that ends up costing more later
- a gold minea business or thing that makes a lot of money, or a rich source of something
- a golden handshakea large sum of money paid to someone when they leave a job
- a money pitsomething, often a house or car, that costs you much more money than it is worth