pay off

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a quitação total de uma dívida ou o sucesso de um esforço após certo tempo.

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

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Settle a debtformal

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

   Quitar uma dívida

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscleardischargeliquidaterepaysettlesquare

2. Yield a positive resultinformal

   To be successful or beneficial after a period of effort.

   Compensar

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscome throughpan outsucceedwork

   Antônimosbackfirefaillose

3. Bribe someoneinformal

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

   Subornar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbribebuy offcorruptfixgreaseinducesuborn

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