I want to pay off my loan now - pay the whole balance.
Studying pays off. You get higher grades.
We invested in property, hoping for a pay-off when we sell it.
English Idioms. Sayings and slang .
pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has … Dictionary of American idioms
pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has … Dictionary of American idioms
pay off — vt 1: to pay (a debt or credit) in full the loan was paid off 2: bribe Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
pay off — (something) to pay all of a debt. It took her six years to pay off her student loan. I guess I can afford a new car, but it s a lot of money and it s not easy to pay it off … New idioms dictionary
pay-off — s.m.inv. ES ingl. 1. TS pubbl. frase finale di un annuncio o di un comunicato pubblicitario che riassume ed evidenzia il messaggio di vendita del prodotto 2. TS econ. risultato economico di un operazione 3. TS sport obiettivo che si intende… … Dizionario italiano
pay off — ► pay off 1) dismiss with a final payment. 2) informal yield good results. Main Entry: ↑pay … English terms dictionary
pay off — (someone) to give someone money illegally to get them to do what you want. The pair had paid off local police to protect their drug selling operation … New idioms dictionary
pay-off — index commission (fee) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pay-off — ► NOUN informal 1) a payment, especially a bribe. 2) the return on investment or on a bet. 3) a final outcome … English terms dictionary
pay off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you pay off a debt, you give someone all the money that you owe them. [V P n (not pron)] It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you pay off someone, you give them the amount … English dictionary
pay off — phrasal verb Word forms pay off : present tense I/you/we/they pay off he/she/it pays off present participle paying off past tense paid off past participle paid off 1) [intransitive] if something that you do pays off, it brings you some benefit… … English dictionary
