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pay off


phrasal verb with payverbuk /peɪ/ us /peɪ/paid | paid
B2
If something you have done pays off, it is successful: 取得成功,得到好结果
All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam.她的所有努力最终得到了回报,她终于通过了考试。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
A game
accomplish
achieve
acquit
actualize
bear
get through
get to/reach first baseidiom
get your own wayidiom
go faridiom
go from strength to strengthidiom
kill
pan
rise
scale the heightsidiom
scrape through (something)
sew something up
slam dunk
smash itidiom
stand out

pay something off


phrasal verb with payverbuk /peɪ/ us /peɪ/paid | paid
B2
to pay back money that you owe: 还清(欠款)
We should be able to pay off the debt within two years.我们应该能在两年内还清债务。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Borrowing & lending
amortizable
amortization
amortize
bond measure
bond referendum
bonded
bridging loan
credit limit
debt
get behind
hole
loan
microcredit
microloan
non-current
non-interest
non-prime
outstanding
usury
write something off

pay someone off


phrasal verb with payverbuk /peɪ/ us /peɪ/paid | paid
If your employer pays you off, they pay you for the last time and then end your job, because you are not needed or there is not enough money to pay you in the future.付清工资后遣散(某人)
informal
to give someone money so that they will not do or say something, or so that they will go away: 用钱封住(某人)的嘴,收买(某人)
There were rumours that key witnesses had been paid off to keep quiet.传言说关键证人都被收买,不肯出面作证。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Firing staff
axe
be out on your earidiom
cast someone adriftidiom
chop
constructive dismissal
decertification
elbow someone out
firing
get the pushidiom
give someone the heave-hoidiom
heave-ho
relieve
relieve someone of something
removal
remove
retire
rightsize
rightsizing
terminate
termination

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Fraud & corruption

pay off | American Dictionary


pay off


phrasal verb with payverbus/peɪ/past tense and past participlepaidus/peɪd/

(HAVE SUCCESS)


to result in success:
I hope all this work pays off.

pay off something


phrasal verb with payverbus/peɪ/past tense and past participlepaidus/peɪd/

(GIVE MONEY OWED)


to give all of or the last part of an amount that you owe:
I expect to pay the debt off within two years.

pay off someone


phrasal verb with payverbus/peɪ/past tense and past participlepaidus/peɪd/

(MONEY FOR HELP)


to give someone money, often illegally, after the person has done something dishonest to help you:
He paid off the inspectors with bribes of $500.

pay off | Business English


pay off


phrasal verb with payverbuk /peɪ/uspaid | paid
[ I ]informal
if something you have done pays off, it is successful:
American carriers are hoping that the new service to China will pay off.

pay sb off


phrasal verb with payverbuk /peɪ/uspaid | paid
to tell someone to leave their job and pay them what they have earned:
75 workers were paid off when the plant was closed down.
to finish paying someone the money that you owe them:
Finally he had paid off his creditors and could begin to save money.
informal
to give someone money so that they will not do or say something, or so that they will go away:
Two former employees threatened to tell damaging stories to the press unless the company paid them off.

pay sth off


phrasal verb with payverbuk /peɪ/uspaid | paid
FINANCE
to finish paying back money that you owe for something:
pay off a debt/loan/mortgageStudent loans are usually paid off at a very preferential rate.
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