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• While many companies may ask for a deposit, BBB suggests that no more than one-third of the job be paid up front.
  — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2020
• People who participate in the full two-year study may be paid up to $3,490, according to the release.
  — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022
• Singh, the union chapter president, also said those employees could be paid up to $4 per hour less if they were moved to San Jose.
  — Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2021
• Davis will be paid up to $5,000 -- the limit the mayor can spend without the necessity of gaining council’s approval.
  — cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
• The contract has since been extended three times, and the firm can be paid up to $1 million for its services, department officials said.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2021
• In December, the attorney general’s office picked Lanier to lead the lawsuit against Google and inked a contract that allows him to be paid up to $945 an hour.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 16 July 2021
• The additional fees you’re required to pay will either be paid up front as part of the down payment or factored into the monthly loan payment.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 24 Feb. 2023
• Several hundred million dollars would be paid up front to GM to retool the Kokomo plant, the Times reported.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2021
• Officials say participants will be paid up to $1,620 and transportation will be provided for older adults.
  — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• However, a person who's entitled to more than one type of Social Security benefit can only be paid up to the higher of those benefit rates.
  — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 4 July 2021

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024