Their boss pays 5 cents for every pound of oyster, without shell.

You pay the boss instead of him paying you.

The boss pays us enough, we don't need to go dippin' into his cash.

The boss pays good money he should keep his line free of snoopers.

Simon says "If he becomes a problem, you and your boss will pay the price."

Far more often, bosses pay to help technically skilled subordinates develop interpersonal skills.

"When the boss couldn't pay me any more, he let me marry his son," she joked.

"Your boss paid the money to bring me out of Ukraine?"

The boss does not pay the hand enough to feed his children, which upsets the hand's wife, who bawls him out.

The boss pays somebody off, and he expects something in return.