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11pay|off — «PAY F, OF», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act of paying wages. 2. the time of such payment. 3. a) the returns, as from an enterprise or specific action; result: »You will see the payoff immediately…without need for specially trained operators… …
12pay off someone — pay off (someone) to give someone money illegally to get them to do what you want. The pair had paid off local police to protect their drug selling operation …
13pay off — (someone) to give someone money illegally to get them to do what you want. The pair had paid off local police to protect their drug selling operation …
14pay-off — index commission (fee) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15pay-off — ► NOUN informal 1) a payment, especially a bribe. 2) the return on investment or on a bet. 3) a final outcome …
16pay off — verb 1. yield a profit or result (Freq. 4) His efforts finally paid off • Hypernyms: ↑yield, ↑pay, ↑bear • Verb Frames: Something s 2. eliminate by paying off ( …
17pay off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you pay off a debt, you give someone all the money that you owe them. [V P n (not pron)] It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you pay off someone, you give them the amount …
18pay off — phrasal verb Word forms pay off : present tense I/you/we/they pay off he/she/it pays off present participle paying off past tense paid off past participle paid off 1) [intransitive] if something that you do pays off, it brings you some benefit… …
19pay off — I. pay all that you owe, pay the balance I want to pay off my loan now pay the whole balance. II. reward you, give you what you want Studying pays off. You get higher grades. III. reward, profit We invested in property, hoping for a pay… …
20pay off — UK US pay off Phrasal Verb with pay({{}}/peɪ/ verb (paid, paid) ► [I] INFORMAL if something you have done pays off, it is successful: »American carriers are hoping that the new service to China will pay off …
