11. In turn, Medicare paid Samaritan Care a fixed sum that averaged $ 100 a day per patient. 12. The so-called'greenhorns'( deckhands in their first season of fishing ) are paid a fixed sum of money. 13. Defined-benefit plans pay a fixed sum to retired workers and put the entire investment risk on the employer. 14. A stipend is defined as a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses. 15. And still others may package local phone, long-distance, wireless and even cable television programming for a fixed sum . 16. Instead, elderly individuals would be offered a fixed sum to spend as they choose among private and government-run plans. 17. They would then receive a fixed sum from Washington and distribute it to the poor any way they please. 18. But rates have a big impact on charitable remainder annuity trusts, which pay a fixed sum to the donor. 19. A revision under consideration in New York would give each school district a fixed sum , based on the statewide average. 20. "Hard money " represents the strictly regulated, fixed sums dh ! | 092 : 922 : 789omote a specific candidate.