Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pay down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English

Syllables
pay -down
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

pays down (present, singular) paying down (participle, present) paid down (participle, past) paid down (past)

Derived Forms

paydown

Phrases

down payment pay back

Frequently Paired Words

down payment pay back pay off

Questions

What does pay down mean?
To partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).

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