Definition of pay off Pay off
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What does pay off mean?
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| pay off - yield a profit or result; "His efforts finally paid off" | ||
| pay, bear, yield bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" | ||
| pay off - do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" | ||
| pay, make up, compensate | ||
| settle take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" | ||
| pay back, pay off, fix, get take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" | ||
| pay off - eliminate by paying off (debts) | ||
| liquidate | ||
| ante up, pay up, pay cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!" | ||
| lift remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | ||
| amortise, amortize liquidate gradually | ||
| pay off - pay off (loans or promissory notes) | ||
| redeem | ||
| pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" | ||
| pay off - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" | ||
| pay back, get, fix | ||
| get even, get back take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even" | ||
| pay off - pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor | ||
| buy off | ||
| bribe, grease one's palms, corrupt, buy make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" | ||
| criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pay off (Verb)
To bribe, especially to deter oversight. - pay off (Verb)
To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit. - pay off (Verb)
To pay back ; to repay.
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pay off
To take revenge on or get even.
