dues-paying
交纳会费的,交纳会费,交纳会费的人,缴纳会费的
Definitions
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- : gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
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- : the act or process of gaining experience, especially slowly and laboriously: She had many years of dues-paying before her abilities were recognized.
Examples
Paying for things is a lot different than it used to be, too.
Apple customers, on the other hand, are used to paying premium for perceived quality.
Paying for all those pensions inevitably means less money for parks and schools.
Paper and cloth are cheap, what people are paying for is the story.
For my technologically illiterate mother, the idea of paying bills online provokes as much anxiety as throwing something away.
Now, on my first day here, you pay me back for what I did then—as if it needed paying back!
I wasn't paying any attention to him, therefore, when suddenly my left-hand neighbour touched my arm.
A full General landing to inspect overseas is entitled to a salute of 17 guns—well, I got my dues.
She waved a dissenting hand, and went on, paying no further heed to their renewed cries which sought to detain her.
I am in favour of no one paying rates unless he has children actually at a Board School.