"pay one's own way" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pays one's own way",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paying one's own way",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid one's own way",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid one's own way",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pay<,,paid> one's own way"
      },
      "expansion": "pay one's own way (third-person singular simple present pays one's own way, present participle paying one's own way, simple past and past participle paid one's own way)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He paid his own way through community college and then transferred to a state university.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay for oneself, not relying on the generosity of others."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay_one's_own_way-en-verb-JyuRcgBe",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of persons and their activities) To pay for oneself, not relying on the generosity of others."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of persons and their activities"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pay one's own freight"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Any in-house product development must pay its own way.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of pay for itself."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay_one's_own_way-en-verb-TzV2EFQm",
      "links": [
        [
          "pay for itself",
          "pay for itself#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of inanimate things or processes) Synonym of pay for itself."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of inanimate things or processes"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "pay for itself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay one's own way"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pays one's own way",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paying one's own way",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid one's own way",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid one's own way",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pay<,,paid> one's own way"
      },
      "expansion": "pay one's own way (third-person singular simple present pays one's own way, present participle paying one's own way, simple past and past participle paid one's own way)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He paid his own way through community college and then transferred to a state university.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay for oneself, not relying on the generosity of others."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of persons and their activities) To pay for oneself, not relying on the generosity of others."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of persons and their activities"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pay one's own freight"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Any in-house product development must pay its own way.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of pay for itself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pay for itself",
          "pay for itself#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of inanimate things or processes) Synonym of pay for itself."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of inanimate things or processes"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "pay for itself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay one's own way"
}