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pay off
pay 1 P0124900 (pā)v. paid (pād), pay·ing, pays v.tr.1. To give money to in return for goods or services rendered: pay the cashier.2. To give (money) in exchange for goods or services: paid four dollars for a hamburger; paid an hourly wage.3. To discharge or settle (a debt or obligation): paying taxes; paid the bill.4. To bear (a cost or penalty, for example) in recompense: She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.5. To yield as a return: a savings plan that paid six percent interest.6. To afford an advantage to; profit: It paid us to be generous.7. To give or bestow: paying compliments; paying attention.8. To make (a visit or call).9. Past tense and past participle paid or payed (pād) To let out (a line or cable) by slackening.v.intr.1. To give money in exchange for goods or services.2. To discharge a debt or obligation.3. To bear a cost or penalty in recompense: You'll pay for this mischief!4. To be profitable or worthwhile: It doesn't pay to get angry.adj.1. Of, relating to, giving, or receiving payments.2. Requiring payment to use or operate: a pay toilet.3. Yielding valuable metal in mining: a pay streak.n.1. The act of paying or state of being paid.2. Money given in return for work done; salary; wages.3. a. Recompense or reward: Your thanks are pay enough.b. Retribution or punishment.4. Paid employment: the workers in our pay.5. A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.Phrasal Verbs: pay back1. To pay or return (what is owed as a debt).2. To repay (a person who is owed a debt).3. To give recompense to; reward: How can we ever pay you back for what you've done for us?4. To reciprocate; return: pay back a kindness.5. To retaliate against or get revenge upon. pay down To reduce (a debt) through payment. pay off1. To pay the full amount on (a debt).2. To result in profit or advantage; succeed: Your efforts will eventually pay off.3. To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.4. To pay (a plaintiff) to settle a lawsuit out of court.5. To bribe.6. Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward. pay out1. To give (money) out; spend.2. To let out (a line or rope) by slackening. pay up To give over the full monetary amount demanded.Idioms: pay (one's) dues To earn a given right or position through hard work, long-term experience, or suffering: She paid her dues in small-town theaters before being cast in a Broadway play. pay (one's) way To contribute one's own share; pay for oneself. pay the piper To bear the consequences of something. pay through the nose Informal To pay excessively.
[Middle English paien, from Old French paiier, from Late Latin pācāre, to appease, from Latin, to pacify, subdue, from pāx, pāc-, peace; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]
pay 2 P0124900 (pā)tr.v. payed or paid (pād), pay·ing, pays To coat or cover (seams of a ship, for example) with waterproof material such as tar or asphalt.
[Obsolete French peier, from Old French, from Latin picāre, from pix, pic-, pitch.]pay off vb 1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (tr, adverb) to pay all that is due in wages, etc, and discharge from employment 2. (Banking & Finance) (tr, adverb) to pay the complete amount of (a debt, bill, etc) 3. (intr, adverb) to turn out to be profitable, effective, etc: the gamble paid off. 4. (or: intr, preposition) to take revenge on (a person) or for (a wrong done): to pay someone off for an insult. 5. (tr, adverb) informal to give a bribe to 6. (Nautical Terms) (intr, adverb) nautical (of a vessel) to make leeway n 7. the final settlement, esp in retribution: the payoff came when the gang besieged the squealer's house. 8. informal the climax, consequence, or outcome of events, a story, etc, esp when unexpected or improbable 9. the final payment of a debt, salary, etc 10. the time of such a payment 11. informal a bribe Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | pay off - yield a profit or result; "His efforts finally paid off"pay, bear, yield - bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" | | 2. | pay off - eliminate by paying off (debts)liquidateante up, pay up, pay - cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!"lift - pay off (a mortgage)amortise, amortize - liquidate gradually | | 3. | pay off - pay off (loans or promissory notes)redeempay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" | | 4. |  pay off - do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"make up, pay, compensatesettle - dispose of; make a financial settlement | | 5. | pay off - pay someone with influence in order to receive a favorbuy offcrime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"bribe, grease one's palms, buy, corrupt - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" | | 6. | pay off - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"pay back, fix, getget back, get even - take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"pay - make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back" |
payverb1. To give payment to in return for goods or services rendered:compensate, recompense, remunerate.2. To give compensation to:compensate, indemnify, recompense, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite.3. To distribute (money) as payment.Also used with out:disburse, expend, give, lay out, outlay, spend.Informal: fork out (or over) (or up), shell out.4. To set right by giving what is due.Off or up:clear, discharge, liquidate, satisfy, settle, square.5. To make as income or profit:bring in, clear, draw, earn, gain, gross, net, produce, realize, repay, return, yield.6. To give a satisfactory return to:compensate, indemnify, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite, reward.phrasal verb
pay backTo exact revenge for or from:avenge, pay off, redress, repay, requite, vindicate.Informal: fix.Archaic: wreak.Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, pay back in kind, settle accounts, take an eye for an eye.phrasal verb
pay off1. To exact revenge for or from:avenge, pay back, redress, repay, requite, vindicate.Informal: fix.Archaic: wreak.Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, pay back in kind, settle accounts, take an eye for an eye.2. Informal. To give, offer, or promise a bribe to:bribe, buy (off).Idiom: grease someone's palm.nounPayment for work done:compensation, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, remuneration, salary, stipend, wage.Translationspay (pei) – past tense, past participle paid – verb1. to give (money) to (someone) in exchange for goods, services etc. He paid $5 for the book. 支付 支付2. to return (money that is owed). It's time you paid your debts. 付清 付清3. to suffer punishment (for). You'll pay for that remark! 受到懲罰 受到惩罚4. to be useful or profitable (to). Crime doesn't pay. 對...有益 对...有益5. to give (attention, homage, respect etc). Pay attention!; to pay one's respects. 給予(注意，敬意等) 给予（注意，敬意等） noun money given or received for work etc; wages. How much pay do you get? 薪水 薪水ˈpayable adjective which may be or must be paid. The account is payable at the end of the month. 可支付的，應支付的 可支付的，应支付的 payˈee noun a person to whom money is (to be) paid. 收款人 收款人ˈpayment noun1. money etc paid. The TV can be paid for in ten weekly payments. 支付的款項 支付的款项2. the act of paying. He gave me a book in payment for my kindness. 支付，報酬 支付，报酬 ˈpay-packet noun an envelope containing a person's wages. The manager handed out the pay-packets. 薪資袋 工资袋ˈpay-roll noun1. a list of all the workers in a factory etc. We have 450 people on the pay-roll. 薪資名單，薪水帳冊 工资名单，薪金名册 2. the total amount of money to be paid to all the workers. The thieves stole the pay-roll. 薪資總額 工资额pay back1. to give back (to someone something that one has borrowed). I'll pay you back as soon as I can. 償還 偿还2. to punish. I'll pay you back for that! 懲罰 惩罚pay off1. to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed. Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off. 付清工資而解僱(工人) 付清工资而解雇（工人） 2. to have good results. His hard work paid off. 有報償 有报偿pay up to give (money) to someone, eg in order to pay a debt. You have three days to pay up (= You must pay up within three days). 全部付清 全部付清put paid to to prevent a person from doing (something he planned or wanted to do). The rain put paid to our visit to the zoo. 結束 结束
pay off
pay (one) offTo pay one money in exchange for special treatment or avoiding punishment; to bribe one. Despite the huge amount of evidence, the criminal was still acquitted. He must have paid off the jury! We paid off the committee members, so our application should go through without a hitch.See also: off, paypay (something) offTo repay a debt or bill in full; to finish paying for something bought on credit. I should have enough in my account to pay the phone bill off this month. We just finished paying off the car, and you want to start looking at a newer model?See also: off, paypay offTo yield profits or benefits following an investment (of time, money, energy, etc.). Wow, those private lessons have really paid off—your Spanish sounds totally fluent! If this venture doesn't pay off, we'll be forced to declare bankruptcy.See also: off, paypay someone off. 1. Lit. to pay what is owed to a person. I can't pay you off until Wednesday when I get my paycheck. I have to use this money to pay off Sarah. 2. Fig. to bribe someone. Max asked Lefty if he had paid the cops off yet. Lefty paid off the cops on time.See also: off, paypay something offto pay all of a debt; to pay the final payment for something bought on credit. This month I'll pay the car off. Did you pay off the gas bill yet?See also: off, paypay offto yield profits; to result in benefits. My investment in those stocks has really paid off. The time I spent in school paid off in later years.See also: off, paypay off1. Pay the full amount on a debt or on wages, as in The car's finally paid off, or Les pays off the workers every Friday evening. [Early 1700s] 2. Produce a profit, as in That gamble did not pay off. [Mid-1900s] 3. Also, pay off an old score. Get revenge on someone for some grievance, require, as in Jerry was satisfied; he'd paid off his ex-partner when he bought him out at half-price, or Amy went out with her roommate's boyfriend, but she was paying off and old score. 4. Bribe, as in The owner of the bar paid off the local police so he wouldn't get in trouble for serving liquor to minors . [Colloquial; c. 1900] See also: off, paypay offv.1. To pay the full amount of some debt: She paid off the mortgage ahead of schedule. He paid his college debt off six years after he graduated.2. To result in profit; be lucrative: Your efforts will eventually pay off.3. To result in some degree of profit or loss: My unwise bet paid off very badly. 4. To pay the wages that are due to an employee upon discharge: We were fired, so they paid us off and we left the building. The company didn't fire the workers because it couldn't afford to pay them off.5. To bribe someone in order to ensure cooperation: The owner of the factory paid off the inspectors so that they wouldn't report the safety violations. I won't allow anyone to cheat here, and no one can pay me off.See also: off, payFinancialSeepaypay off
Synonyms for pay offverb yield a profit or resultRelated Wordsverb eliminate by paying off (debts)SynonymsRelated Words- ante up
- pay up
- pay
- lift
- amortise
- amortize
verb pay off (loans or promissory notes)SynonymsRelated Wordsverb do or give something to somebody in returnSynonymsRelated Wordsverb pay someone with influence in order to receive a favorSynonymsRelated Words- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- law-breaking
- offense
- offence
- bribe
- grease one's palms
- buy
- corrupt
verb take vengeance on or get evenSynonymsRelated Words |