Definition of "pay-to-play" []

• Requiring payment from the player. (adjective)

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• "They noted that he campaigned for office on a platform of ending so-called pay-to-play politics in Illinois."
• "They noted that Mr. Blagojevich's predecessor, George Ryan, was sentenced to 6½ years in prison for corruption and that Mr. Blagojevich, 54 years old, campaigned for office on a platform of ending so-called pay-to-play politics in Illinois."
• "This so-called pay-to-play rule doesn't affect any of Perry's rivals."