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pay off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pay offverb

    yield a profit or result

    "His efforts finally paid off"

  2. liquidate, pay offverb

    eliminate by paying off (debts)

  3. redeem, pay offverb

    pay off (loans or promissory notes)

  4. pay, pay off, make up, compensateverb

    do or give something to somebody in return

    "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

  5. buy off, pay offverb

    pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

  6. pay back, pay off, get, fixverb

    take vengeance on or get even

    "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

Wiktionary

  1. pay offverb

    To bribe, especially to deter oversight.

  2. pay offverb

    To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.

  3. pay offverb

    To pay back; to repay.

  4. pay offverb

    To pay back the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on.

ChatGPT

  1. pay off

    Pay off generally refers to the act of completing the payment of a debt or an obligation. It can also refer to the beneficial results or rewards obtained from an investment, hard work or a risky action. It can be used in both financial and non-financial contexts.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pay off in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pay off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of pay off in a Sentence

  1. An Australian man:

    The first thing I thought was,' I'm going to be able to pay off everything !' and I was happy just to do that.

  2. Jim Ryan:

    Tamez says even if a scan shows an empty hidden compartment it could pay off down the road. The imager gives us the opportunity to, once we find that compartment, scan it. If its empty we never have to tell the bad guy that we found it and all we can do is start doing our research and putting lookouts on this particular vehicle so we can target it at a later time, said Tamez. Tamezsays it saves his team time, money, and officers lives. The alternative is paying for damages on a vehicle, the alternative is having your officers come in contact with fentanyl and possibly overdosing, theres just so many, so many secondary and tertiaryeffects that are negative that can be avoided with a device like this, said Tamez. IBM DITCHES FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, JOINS CALL FOR POLICE REFORMS Viken is constantly upgrading. Its latest invention, the Osprey-UVX, is an X-ray machine that scans the bottom of moving vehicles.Its expected to roll out later this year at the Laredo and Brownsville ports of entry. Officers will be able to scan a car instantly as it passes through their ports. Security technology company Viken Detection's latest invention is an under vehicle scanner called the Osprey-UVX which can detect hidden items stashed under cars. It's expected to be rolled out at the Southern Texas border later this year. It can scan moving vehicles as they drive over it (Viken Detection) You can stay in your vehicle and you can drive either over or through a portal and you will be able to get a complete image of the vehicle, said Ryan. Within the year Viken Detection hopes to take things even further by trialinga new device that can scanan entire vehicle as it crosses a port of entry. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Our goal is for CBP to go through these demonstrations over the next couple of months and by year-end they will be making their decision and we expect 2021 and beyond to be in installation mode getting these vehicle scanners all the way across the board.

  3. Ron DeSantis:

    If it gets to the point where they're trying to enforce, you know, my view would be, don't comply, and we would support the legislature taking some of the stimulus money and using it to pay off the fines the businesses incur for not complying.

  4. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

    In a crowded field, when you have people knocking on doors, when you have people making phone calls, when we touch the voter, that's really significant. And I always thought it would pay off, in politics, anything can happen. It usually does, but we feel very good about where we are.

  5. Dutee Chand:

    I believe that hard work always pays off and I am working diligently to win more laurels for my country in the upcoming competitions, my training schedule is pretty tough at the moment... but I have seen that my timing has improved a lot compared to before. I am working really hard and am sure it will pay off. I feel I will qualify for the Olympics this year.


Translations for pay off

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  • سدد دينكArabic
  • vyplácet se, podplácet, podplatit, vyplatit se, splatitCzech
  • zurückzahlen, bestechen, sich lohnen, auszahlenGerman
  • cancelar, pagar, sobornar, salir a cuenta, recompensar, valer la penaSpanish
  • acquitter, payer, soudoyerFrench
  • վճարելArmenian
  • aflossenDutch
  • opłacić się, opłacić, opłacać się, opłacaćPolish
  • compensarPortuguese
  • подкупать, окупаться, окупиться, расплатиться, покрыть, подкупить, расплачиваться, выплачивать, покрывать, выплатитьRussian

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