Pay-to-stay is the practice of charging prisoners for being incarcerated in American jails.
Pay-to-stay may also mean:
Pay to stay (housing policy), a proposed UK government housing policy of charging market rates for residence in public housing facilities that was never put into action In retailing, a slotting fee, a fee charged to producers by retailers to have their product placed on retail shelves or within the retail supply chain
See also Pay-to-play