paid his way

• v. 自负应承担的费用(不赔本)

paid his way的用法和样例：

例句

1. But it may be said as a rule that every Englishman in the Duke of Wellington's army paid his way. The remembrance of such a fact surely becomes a nation of shop-keepers.
   可是有一样，威灵顿公爵军队里的英国人买东西向来不欠账，他们究竟是来自小店主之国，所以买东西从来不会忘记付钱。