paid, was paying
La pesca pagava tutto il resto.
Fishing paid for everything else.
Antonio mi pagava di più, ma quello era un segreto.
Antonio paid me more, but that was a secret.
He paid for his own schooling.
— The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Paradigm (2008)
Il prezzo standard era inferiore a quello che Lanceson pagava a Dracosson.
The standard price was lower than what Lanceson paid Dracosson.
Non si preoccupò di dirmi quanto pagava gli altri.
He didn’t bother telling me how much he paid the others.
Per mia fortuna, David non la pagava neanche lontanamente quanto valeva.
Luckily for me, David wasn’t paying anywhere near what it was worth.