英语词汇“to pay down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To lay down or hand over (money) in payment; to pay (money) promptly or immediately, esp. as a guarantee of future payments. Also (occasionally) intransitive. Also figurative.

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society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay immediately or cash

to pay down?a1425

tender down1607

plank1824

plunk1890

plump1892

?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 104 (MED) Paie doun money from ȝoure purse, to my lordis almes.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 245^v Augustus..had paied down for him out of his cofers in readie mony one hu[n]dred thousande crounes.

a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) v. 2946 [That the teindis] Suld..be payit doune Baith of nobill [? read mobill] and monay.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 3 You haue..indeed pay'd downe More penitence, then done trespas.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. iv. 34 Those who are able to pay downe ready money..know to expect a better pennyworth, then those that runne upon trust.

1711 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 704 To pay down..half of that as a depositum for the remaining parts.

1764 G. G. Beekman Let. 12 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 460 You may have them on the following Reasonable Terms... If you will pay half down and the other half in 4 months at 112 1/2 per Cent.

1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco II. iv. 33 Ten per cent. of the purchase money to be paid down, and the balance to be paid in five annual instalments.

1885 Manch. Examiner 21 July 5/2 They had to pay down one-fourth of the price in ready cash.

1923 H. A. Gibbons Europe since 1918 xxvi. 531 The German Cabinet was firm in its refusal to pay down 12,000,000,000 gold marks on account before May 1.

1992 N. Barber Other Side of Paradise (BNC) 89 I've already paid down two-thirds for an artist's cottage in Sausolito.

2. transitive. To reduce (a debt) by making a payment; to clear (a debt).

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1928 Amer. Econ. Rev. 18 2 Are we paying down our debt at the rate of from $750,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 a year, in order at the end of the process to cancel our foreign claims and exempt the foreign taxpayer?

1956 Jrnl. Finance 11 175 Such eagerness on the part of the consumer to pay down his mortgage is clear indication that he finds his debt burden neither crushing, groaning, nor oppressive.

2003 Bookseller 25 Apr. 7/4 Bertelsmann will use the new money in part to pay down its $2.74bn (£1.9bn) debt.

单词	to pay down
释义	> as lemmas to pay down to pay down 1. transitive. To lay down or hand over (money) in payment; to pay (money) promptly or immediately, esp. as a guarantee of future payments. Also (occasionally) intransitive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay immediately or cash to pay down?a1425 tender down1607 plank1824 plunk1890 plump1892 ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 104 (MED) Paie doun money from ȝoure purse, to my lordis almes. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 245^v Augustus..had paied down for him out of his cofers in readie mony one hu[n]dred thousande crounes. a1550 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Wemyss) v. 2946 [That the teindis] Suld..be payit doune Baith of nobill [? read mobill] and monay. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 3 You haue..indeed pay'd downe More penitence, then done trespas. View more context for this quotation 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. iv. 34 Those who are able to pay downe ready money..know to expect a better pennyworth, then those that runne upon trust. 1711 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 704 To pay down..half of that as a depositum for the remaining parts. 1764 G. G. Beekman Let. 12 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 460 You may have them on the following Reasonable Terms... If you will pay half down and the other half in 4 months at 112 1/2 per Cent. 1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco II. iv. 33 Ten per cent. of the purchase money to be paid down, and the balance to be paid in five annual instalments. 1885 Manch. Examiner 21 July 5/2 They had to pay down one-fourth of the price in ready cash. 1923 H. A. Gibbons Europe since 1918 xxvi. 531 The German Cabinet was firm in its refusal to pay down 12,000,000,000 gold marks on account before May 1. 1992 N. Barber Other Side of Paradise (BNC) 89 I've already paid down two-thirds for an artist's cottage in Sausolito. 2. transitive. To reduce (a debt) by making a payment; to clear (a debt). ΚΠ 1928 Amer. Econ. Rev. 18 2 Are we paying down our debt at the rate of from $750,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 a year, in order at the end of the process to cancel our foreign claims and exempt the foreign taxpayer? 1956 Jrnl. Finance 11 175 Such eagerness on the part of the consumer to pay down his mortgage is clear indication that he finds his debt burden neither crushing, groaning, nor oppressive. 2003 Bookseller 25 Apr. 7/4 Bertelsmann will use the new money in part to pay down its $2.74bn (£1.9bn) debt. extracted from payv.¹ < as lemmas
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