pay off

• فعل مركب يعني سداد الدين بالكامل، أو تحقيق نتيجة ناجحة ومجزية بعد بذل جهد، أو أن يثبت الشيء جدواه في النهاية.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of settling a debt completely, or yielding a successful result after effort.

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1. Settle a debtformal

   To pay the full amount of money owed for a loan or debt.

   سداد الدين

   • She finally paid off her student loans.
   • He paid off the mortgage on his house.
   • They plan to pay off all their credit card debt by next year.

   المرادفاتcleardischargeliquidaterepaysettlesquare

2. Yield a positive resultinformal

   To be successful or beneficial after a period of effort.

   أثمر

   • All his hard work paid off when he got the promotion.
   • Her dedication to training paid off in the competition.
   • The investment paid off handsomely in the long run.

   المرادفاتcome throughpan outsucceedwork

   الأضدادbackfirefaillose

3. Bribe someoneinformal

   To give money to someone to prevent them from acting against you or to gain an advantage.

   رشوة

   • The corrupt official was paid off to ignore the violation.
   • They tried to pay off the witness to keep quiet.
   • He was arrested for attempting to pay off a police officer.

   المرادفاتbribebuy offcorruptfixgreaseinducesuborn

الفعل الأساسيpay