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pay off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pay offverb

    yield a profit or result

    "His efforts finally paid off"

  2. liquidate, pay offverb

    eliminate by paying off (debts)

  3. redeem, pay offverb

    pay off (loans or promissory notes)

  4. pay, pay off, make up, compensateverb

    do or give something to somebody in return

    "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

  5. buy off, pay offverb

    pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

  6. pay back, pay off, get, fixverb

    take vengeance on or get even

    "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

Wiktionary

  1. pay offverb

    To bribe, especially to deter oversight.

  2. pay offverb

    To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.

  3. pay offverb

    To pay back; to repay.

  4. pay offverb

    To pay back the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on.

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  1. pay off

    Pay off generally refers to the act of completing the payment of a debt or an obligation. It can also refer to the beneficial results or rewards obtained from an investment, hard work or a risky action. It can be used in both financial and non-financial contexts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pay off in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pay off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of pay off in a Sentence

  1. Dutee Chand:

    I believe that hard work always pays off and I am working diligently to win more laurels for my country in the upcoming competitions, my training schedule is pretty tough at the moment... but I have seen that my timing has improved a lot compared to before. I am working really hard and am sure it will pay off. I feel I will qualify for the Olympics this year.

  2. Charles Coxe:

    The jury is still out on whether these investments in talent in digital will pay off, right now, the audience engagement doesn’t justify it, but we’re still in the frontier thinking stage. Once more people settle into consuming content online, those viewership numbers will only go up, and audiences will naturally be drawn to the names they already know from TV.

  3. Owen Roddy:

    This is it - these are big risks that fighters take, pushed up to the main card, pushed up to the main event on such a huge card, all the lights on you, all the eyes on you, leah is capable of going in and getting the job done, and when it pays off, it's going to pay off with serious rewards.

  4. Trevor Stirling:

    It's also an insurance policy, if you ever did run into serious problems on the Brazilian real or the Mexican peso, then all you have to do is sell off another 10-15 percent and pay off a bit more debt.

  5. Danske Bank:

    The efforts of closing down unprofitable routes are obviously starting to pay off, in addition to the fact that existing routes are becoming more mature and thereby perform better, we expect continued solid traffic figures for the coming months in terms of load and underlying yield.

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  • سدد دينكArabic
  • vyplácet se, podplácet, podplatit, vyplatit se, splatitCzech
  • zurückzahlen, bestechen, sich lohnen, auszahlenGerman
  • cancelar, pagar, sobornar, salir a cuenta, recompensar, valer la penaSpanish
  • acquitter, payer, soudoyerFrench
  • վճարելArmenian
  • aflossenDutch
  • opłacić się, opłacić, opłacać się, opłacaćPolish
  • compensarPortuguese
  • подкупать, окупаться, окупиться, расплатиться, покрыть, подкупить, расплачиваться, выплачивать, покрывать, выплатитьRussian

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