Pay off

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo bribe, especially to deter oversight.

"I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off."

2.VerbTo become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.

"Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people."

3.VerbTo pay back; to repay.

"He paid off the loan three months early."

4.VerbTo pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).

"This contract requires you to pay off the car by 2025."

5.VerbTo pay and discharge (an employee).

6.VerbTo fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.

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