"pay-to-play" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "free-to-play"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "pay-to-play (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Video games",
          "orig": "en:Video games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 March 14, Georgina Lawton, “I’m not surprised people are suing a dating app company – our addiction to swiping makes us miserable”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "As the lawsuit claims, we’re being programmed to constantly seek a dopamine hit from each swipe in what it calls a “pay-to-play” loop.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Requiring payment from the player."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay-to-play-en-adj-2LW8Os5x",
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "online",
          "online"
        ],
        [
          "payment",
          "payment"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games, of an online game) Requiring payment from the player."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an online game"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Corruption",
          "orig": "en:Corruption",
          "parents": [
            "Crime",
            "Politics",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Larry N. Gerston, Terry Christensen, Recall!: California's Political Earthquake",
          "text": "Davis's pay-to-play reputation, demanding donations before he would consider policies or appointments favorable to the potential donors, was used against him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Accepting donations in exchange for favors; corrupt."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay-to-play-en-adj-UnPL2eN~",
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "donation",
          "donation"
        ],
        [
          "exchange",
          "exchange"
        ],
        [
          "favor",
          "favor"
        ],
        [
          "corrupt",
          "corrupt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, politics, of a politician or a party) Accepting donations in exchange for favors; corrupt."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a politician or a party"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "buy-to-play"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pay-for-play"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "quid pro quo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pay to play"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay-to-play"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "free-to-play"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "en:Corruption"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "pay-to-play (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Video games"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 March 14, Georgina Lawton, “I’m not surprised people are suing a dating app company – our addiction to swiping makes us miserable”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "As the lawsuit claims, we’re being programmed to constantly seek a dopamine hit from each swipe in what it calls a “pay-to-play” loop.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Requiring payment from the player."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "online",
          "online"
        ],
        [
          "payment",
          "payment"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games, of an online game) Requiring payment from the player."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an online game"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Larry N. Gerston, Terry Christensen, Recall!: California's Political Earthquake",
          "text": "Davis's pay-to-play reputation, demanding donations before he would consider policies or appointments favorable to the potential donors, was used against him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Accepting donations in exchange for favors; corrupt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "donation",
          "donation"
        ],
        [
          "exchange",
          "exchange"
        ],
        [
          "favor",
          "favor"
        ],
        [
          "corrupt",
          "corrupt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, politics, of a politician or a party) Accepting donations in exchange for favors; corrupt."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a politician or a party"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "buy-to-play"
    },
    {
      "word": "pay-for-play"
    },
    {
      "word": "quid pro quo"
    },
    {
      "word": "pay to play"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay-to-play"
}