pay off

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения полной выплаты долга или получения успешного результата после усилий.

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

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Settle a debtformal

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

   Погасить долг

   • 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.

   Synonymscleardischargeliquidaterepaysettlesquare

2. Yield a positive resultinformal

   To be successful or beneficial after a period of effort.

   Окупиться

   • 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.

   Synonymscome throughpan outsucceedwork

   Antonymsbackfirefaillose

3. Bribe someoneinformal

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

   Подкупить

   • 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.

   Synonymsbribebuy offcorruptfixgreaseinducesuborn

Base verbpay