VERB
- pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
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do or give something to somebody in return
Does she pay you for the work you are doing? -
yield a profit or result
His efforts finally paid off - pay off (loans or promissory notes)
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take vengeance on or get even
That'll fix him good!
This time I got him
We'll get them! - eliminate by paying off (debts)
How To Use pay off In A Sentence
- They used the inheritance to pay off their outstanding loan.
- Neither can we know whether the president's persistence will pay off for him. Times, Sunday Times
- For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer.
- You had already filed your return and made your tax payment when you asked to pay off the loan. Times, Sunday Times
- Fortunately, after some disagreement I was allowed (most graciously!) to pay off the amount in installments over the next 12 months.
- His commitment is set to pay off - a blue chip company has offered 4 million for the gadget. Times, Sunday Times
- If I didn't trust the stock market to create a lump sum to pay off my home loan when it matured, then why on earth did I trust it to produce enough for my retirement pot at the end of my working life?
- Fortunately, after some disagreement I was allowed (most graciously!) to pay off the amount in installments over the next 12 months.
- Only last week the airline averted what would have been the first strike by its pilots in its history after a revised pay offer was accepted. Times, Sunday Times
- He said if he was banned for a year he would try to get a job to pay off his student loan until he was allowed back to his studies.
