pay-to-stay

The practice where retailers charge manufacturers a slotting fee to place their products on the shelves of stores.

But despite improvements, Mr Baruch says some complaints persist. “Pay to stay [cash to secure shelf space] is front and centre of the complaints we receive — it’s supply chain bullying and anti-competitive. They shouldn’t try to create barriers to business — it’s fundamentally unfair, particularly at a time when small business confidence is at an all-time low.”

A scheme where prison inmates are charged for their accommodation (meals, clothing etc.) while in prison.

A scheme where prisoners can pay to be moved to a more desirable prison.

In what is commonly called “pay-to-stay” or “private jail,” a constellation of small city jails — at least 26 of them in Los Angeles and Orange counties — open their doors to defendants who can afford the option. […] The region’s pay-to-stay jails took in nearly $7 million from the programs from 2011 through 2015, according to revenue figures provided by the cities.

A United Kingdom government policy, due to come into effect in April 2017 but never implemented, whereby council tenants earning £30,000 (£40,000 in London) would have to pay "market or near market rents".

In 1979, 42% of Britons lived in council homes. Today that figure is just under 8%. Now, by scrapping secure tenancies and bringing in a pay-to-stay scheme, the government’s new housing bill could mark the end of a century-old dream[.]

Under the so-called “pay to stay” plans, families or individuals with a total annual income of £30,000 outside London or £40,000 in the capital will have to pay rents “at market or near-market levels”.