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Pay(s) for itself 

When the amount of money saved equals or exceeds the cost of an item or service, usually through an extended period of time.

This is very often used as a means of promoting a good or service, such as gutters, food processors, juicers etc. As in:

"Now with Debby Meyer's green bags, you never have to throw away your produce due to spoilage! Produce lasts up to 7 times longer, saving you money and time. This product nearly pays for itself!"
Because Jack bought a home coffee grinder, he can grind his own beans at home! He no longer has to buy more expensive pre-ground coffee, so in essence his new machine pay(s) for itself.
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to pay someone out 

To 'pay someone out' or a 'pay out' means 'insulting someone".
A 'payout' is an 'insult'
to pay someone out :

Why did you pay him out, that was seriously uncalled for.

Don't pay someone out because of their race, that's just pathetic...

Paid him out, real good.

pay some bills

Commonly used on tv shows when they want to take a commercial break.

Or it could actually mean paying your bills, electricity, water, et cetera.
Let's take a quick break to go pay some bills.
pay some bills by Tazzie Boo August 15, 2008

Time to pay some bills 

"Time to pay some bills" is a saying YouTuber cashnasty uses at the beginning of his videos.
This word/saying means every time he makes a video and we support it helps him pay his bills.
Time to pay some bills by IKNOCKOG November 28, 2021

pay slap 

1. Any employer imposed reduction in empoyment compensation. I.E., hourly pay cut, reduction in scheduled work hours and/or elimination of non-monetary employment benefits. May also be used when employees are asked to contribute a portion of their paycheck to maintain health benefits or pension benefits.
2. A change of employment to a position with lower compensation.
Hotel janitors will take a pay slap in their new contract, with a 9% reduction in gross pay to be applied toward their pension.

The Governor effectively pay slapped state workers by imposing unpaid furlough days two fridays per month.

Tom was so unhappy working on Wall Street, he gladly took a big pay slap to return to teaching high school economics.
pay slap by NoMoneyNoHoney August 7, 2010

pay-source 

I was going to use open-source when I realized I had pay-source
pay-source by Anon Emos March 1, 2009

pay-per-screw 

euphemism for a call girl service/stud service or for hooker/s in general
His idea of calling a discount hardware store 'Pay-per-screw' was terrible but better, at least, than his plan to use the name for an escort service.