pay off
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
Transitive verb
verb
To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
Example Sentences
- "I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off."
- "I had to pay off the judge to get my license back."
- "Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people."
- "Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post."
- "The work has also paid off in terms of the numbers of passengers using York Street station, with both locals and students travelling to and from the nearby campus."
- "He paid off the loan three months early."