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Sound public finances are the essential foundation on which to construct a better-balanced economy from the wreckage of Labour's boom and bust. But it is economic growth that will create the jobs and the prosperity for the future and enable us to pay down Labour's debt.
Philip Hammond

Meaning of "pay down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAY DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAY DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pay down is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PAY DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pay down in the English dictionary

The definition of pay down in the dictionary is to pay at the time of purchase as the first of a series of instalments.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAY DOWN

pay bargaining
pay bed
Pay Board
pay cheque
pay claim
pay cut
pay deal
pay desk
pay dirt
pay dispute
pay envelope
pay for
pay in
pay increase
pay off
pay offer
pay one´s way
pay out
pay packet
pay raise

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAY DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of pay down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pay down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAY DOWN

Find out the translation of pay down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pay down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pay down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偿还
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pagar
570 millions of speakers

English

pay down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे भुगतान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سداد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выплатить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pagar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্ররিশোধ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

payer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bayar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abzuzahlen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

即金で払う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상환
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbayar mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trả tiền mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செலுத்துங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली द्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

peşin ödeme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

versare un acconto di
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spłacenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виплатити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plăti jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πληρώσει τα κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

af te betaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

betala ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

betale ned
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAY DOWN»

The term «pay down» is regularly used and occupies the 85.021 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAY DOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pay down

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6 QUOTES WITH «PAY DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pay down.
1
Artur Davis
This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.
2
Jim Flaherty
I'm still a fiscal conservative, and I'm inclined to pay down debt.
3
Philip Hammond
Sound public finances are the essential foundation on which to construct a better-balanced economy from the wreckage of Labour's boom and bust. But it is economic growth that will create the jobs and the prosperity for the future and enable us to pay down Labour's debt.
4
Ann Kirkpatrick
In 2010, I proposed that Congress take its first pay cut in 77 years, and my effort had bipartisan support. And as part of leading by example, I returned 5 percent of my paycheck every month to pay down the debt.
5
Marco Rubio
We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.
6
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAY DOWN»

Discover the use of pay down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pay down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Securitization: The Financial Instrument of the Future
While the credit enhancement structure fixes the liabilities as at the start of the transaction, the pay down structure determines what will be the liability structure over time, because the pay-down structure is concerned with how the principal ...
Vinod Kothari, 2006
2
Bond Portfolio Management
The principal pay down window for a tranche is the time period between the beginning and the ending of the principal payments to that tranche. So, for example, for tranche A, the principal pay down window would be month 1 to month 8l ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, CFA, 2001
3
Leveraged Buyouts: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking ...
Earlier we discussed that the reason for a “Nonmandatory issuances/(retirement)” line item is to pay down debt automatically if there happens to be excess cash, or to raise debt if there is some cash need. Not all businesses choose to or are ...
Paul Pignataro, 2013
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The Handbook of Stable Value Investments
Pay-down GICs are GICs with regular installment payouts which are designed to mitigate withdrawal risk. At each installment date, an amount is paid out of the contract in whatever amount is necessary to bring the balance down to a fixed level ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, CFA, 1998
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Introduction to Securitization
The liability structure, however, changes over time depending on the pay down structure that is selected by the securitizer. The pay-down structure is the rules that deal with how the principal generated by the asset pool will be distributed to the ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, Vinod Kothari, 2008
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Financial Modeling and Valuation: A Practical Guide to ...
Not all businesses choose to or are allowed to pay down debt at will, but let's walk through how to enter such a formula into the model. First, it is important to explain the particular conditions we want such a formula to handle. We want to set up ...
Paul Pignataro, 2013
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LANGUAGE MAVEN STRIKES AGAIN
company that was a takeover target was faced, according to The New York Times , with a large debt and “with the prospect of shrinking its business to help pay down that burden.” “Why pay down?” writes Mark Pearson of San Francisco.
William Safire, 2011
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Congressional Record
Not 25%, not 50%, not even 75%, but close to 100% of the projected surplus that will NOT be used to pay down the national debt, according to this resolution. This does not make fiscal sense. Imagine that you had a credit card debt of $20,000 ...
‎2014
9
Pay It Down!: Debt-Free on $10 a Day
Others refinance their mortgages and simultaneously pull out some cash, using that money to pay down their credit card bills. Either way, you've taken an unsecured debt (one with no assets behind it) and turned it into a secured debt: You've ...
Jean Chatzky, 2009
10
A Public Policy Revolution Ending Four Decades ( 1970-80 ) ...
$5.00B Total FY 2007 Separation Payment Expenditure $75.00 B $75.00 B Privately held debt called: Pay down & Expenditure $170.00 B $170.00 B Cash pay downs on the SSA Corp. & Expenditure $60,00 B $60,00 B Cash pay down federal ...
John Shtino, Lee A. Young, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAY DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pay down is used in the context of the following news items.
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Teva Poised to Get a Big Boost in Generics
Meanwhile, Allergan plans to use proceeds from a deal with Teva to continue its acquisition spree and to pay down debt it has built up, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Survey: Millennials saving responsibly
In the survey, the median income of millennials was $57,000, which meant young workers could afford to save and pay down debt. They also ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
3
Allergan to Acquire Naurex for $560 Million Cash
A deal with Teva also would help Allergan pay down its debt and, combined with the $8 billion-a-year it generates in cash, add higher-profit ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
City leaders: Naperville needs new financial plan
Naperville is proposing a 1 percent home rule sales tax to pay down debt. Here's a comparison of the home rule sales tax rates in nearby and ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
5
The World Is Addicted to Debt
The world — especially the West — simply has not the capacity to grow fast enough to generate the tax activity needed to pay down the debt to ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
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Stop the claptrap
Pay down the debt with revenue generated by onerous tax policies and raise all service fees by, in some cases, thousands of per cents at one ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
7
Supply & Demand: The Key to Oil, Stocks, and Pork Bellies
Here in the U.S., consumer savings from lower energy prices have largely been used to pay down debt (deleverage), but eventually, the longer ... «GuruFocus.com, Jul 15»
8
Boomerang buyers to get more advice on bank's eBus
Sometimes, taking extra care to pay down debt or making sure to pay bills on time can gradually boost a score. "Home Sweet Home Tuesdays" ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
9
Editorial: No more waiting to pay down big pension bills
In the meantime, it is time to pay down some big bills. Follow the Editorial Board on Twitter: Follow @csteditorials · Tweets by @CSTeditorials. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
10
Pressure BioSciences closes US$2 million in proceeds from …
In addition, the financing will help pay down convertible debt, retiring “a significant portion of the variable priced convertible debt we took on to ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jul 15»

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