1·The undersigned buyers agree to pay a 5,000 dollar deposit.
签了字的买家同意支付5,000美金的定金。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·If you want the best, you have to pay top dollar.
你想要最好的，就得花大钱。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·People will always pay top dollar for something exclusive.
人们总愿意为奢侈品付最高价。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Working with the beats helps me move faster, increasing my piece-rate pay by a dollar an hour.
伴随着这些节奏，我的工作速度变快了，计件工资制率的提高使我每个小时增加了一美元的收入。
5·Every extra dollar they have to spend because of high gas prices is one less dollar they can use to put food on the table, pay the rent or meet [pay] their mortgages.
他们为高昂的汽油价格每多支付一美元，就意味着为食物，房租或是房贷少支付一美元。
6·The gold stock of the Fed should be revalued upward so that the gold can pay off all the Fed's liabilities—largely Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve deposits, at 100 cents to the dollar.
美联储的黄金储备应该被重新评估，抬高金价以偿还美联储的所有债务——主要是联邦储备券和存在联邦储备银行里的存款，以能够百分之一百偿还美元为准。
7·BP has already spent close to four billion dollars on clean-up costs and compensation claims and has promised to set up a 20-billion-dollar fund to pay victims of the disaster along the US Gulf Coast.
英国石油公司已经花费了近四十亿美元用于清扫工作的花费和索赔工作并承诺将设立200亿美元的基金来赔偿美国海湾沿岸灾难的受害者。
8·So why would anyone pay more then 20 dollars for a 20-dollar bill?
那么，为什么会有人付出更多然后一个20美元的钞票20元？
9·A few days later, I sent him a check for a dollar, with a note that said I had always wanted a high-priced lawyer and was sending the check in firm belief that you get what you pay for.
几天之后，我送给他一张一美元的支票，附上便笺说我一直希望找一个开价昂贵的律师，之所以送上这张支票，是因为我十分坚信，这是对你付出的回报。
10·The United States, on the other hand, can depreciate the dollar -- let the value of the dollar sink so that it can pay back what it owes in cheaper dollars.
相反，美国可以把货币贬值——让美元的币值降低，这样它就可以用更不值钱的美元偿还欠债。