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Definition of 'pay off'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) pay off
yield a profit or result
"His efforts finally paid off"

2. (verb) liquidate, pay off
eliminate by paying off (debts)

3. (verb) redeem, pay off
pay off (loans or promissory notes)

4. (verb) pay, pay off, make up, compensate
do or give something to somebody in return
"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

5. (verb) buy off, pay off
pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

6. (verb) pay back, pay off, get, fix
take vengeance on or get even
"We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

Definition of 'pay off'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) pay off
to finish making the payments for a loan
Next year we will have paid off our mortgage.

2. pay off
to have a good result
If you're patient it will pay off.

Translation of 'pay off'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off.
Afrikaans: uit diens stel	Arabic: يَدْفَع التَّعويضات كامِل	Bulgarian: разплащам
Brazilian: despedir	Czech: vyplatit, propustit	German: auszahlen
Danish: afvikle	Greek: αποζημιώνω και απολύω	Spanish: liquidar el sueldo, dar e
Estonian: lõpparvet andma	Farsi: تسویه کردن	Finnish: antaa lopputili
French: licencier	Hebrew: לְשָלֵם הַכָּל	Hindi: बकाया चुकता कर छंटनी कर द
Croatian: otpustiti	Hungarian: elbocsát (alkalmazottat)	Indonesian: memberi pesangon
Icelandic: gera upp við	Italian: licenziare, liquidare	Japanese: 解雇する
Korean: 임금을 지불하고 해고하다	Lithuanian: atsiskaityti ir atleisti	Latvian: samaksāt un atlaist no da
Malay: dibayar gaji akhir	Dutch: betalen en ontslaan	Norwegian: gi avskjedslønn
Polish: odprawić, zwolnić z odpra	Persian: تسویه کردن	Pashto: تسویه کول،خلاصول
Portuguese: despedir	Romanian: a concedia	Russian: рассчитаться; увольнять
Slovak: vyplatiť a prepustiť	Slovenian: izplačati	Serbian: isplatiti
Swedish: betala ut lönen till och	Thai: จ่ายเพื่อจ้างให้ออก	Turkish: ücretini ödeyip işine son
Taiwanese: 付清工資而解僱(工人)	Ukrainian: розраховуватися	Urdu: پوري تنخواہ دے کر چھٹي کر
Vietnamese: trả hết lương rồi cho ngh	Chinese: 付清工资而解雇（工人）
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