pay_off has definitions from the fields of business,law
1
[ verb ] (business) yield a profit or result

Examples

"His efforts finally paid off"

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

A non contributory plan usually won n't pay_off for the worker until he retires .

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

The battle of the Naktong_River is just one example of how the battle_cry and the spirit of The Fighting_Seventh have paid_off .

Related terms

yield

2
[ verb ] eliminate by paying off; as of debts

Synonyms

liquidate

Used in print

(Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)

He died before he could completely pay_off his debts .

3
[ verb ] (business) pay off, as of loans or promissory notes

Synonyms

redeem

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

The department apparently intends to make the Rural_Roads_Authority a revolving_fund under which new bonds would be issued every time a portion of the old ones are paid_off by tax authorities .

Related terms

pay redemption

4
[ verb ] do or give something to somebody in return

Examples

"Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

Used in print

(Winfred Van Atta, Shock Treatment....)

We were paid_off Tuesday morning and given tickets back to New_York .

5
[ verb ] (law) pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

Synonyms

buy_off

Related terms

bribe crime

6
[ verb ] take vengeance on or get even

Synonyms

get fix pay_back

Examples

"We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him"

Related terms

get_even pay vengeance

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