pay down
verb
paid down; paying down; pays down
transitive verb
: to reduce (a debt) by repaying in part
Word History
First Known Use
1975, in the meaning defined above
paying down
verb
as in paying off
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- paying off
- paying up
- giving back
- satisfying
- liquidating
- compensating
- rendering (to)
- settling
- quitting
- remunerating
- reciprocating
- recompensing
- refunding
- repaying
- reimbursing