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I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off.
Samuel R. Delany

Meaning of "pay off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAY OFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAY OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pay off is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PAY OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pay off in the English dictionary

The first definition of pay off in the dictionary is to pay all that is due in wages, etc, and discharge from employment. Other definition of pay off is to pay the complete amount of. Pay off is also to turn out to be profitable, effective, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAY OFF

pay cut
pay deal
pay desk
pay dirt
pay dispute
pay down
pay envelope
pay for
pay in
pay increase
pay offer
pay one´s way
pay out
pay packet
pay raise
pay rise
pay scale
pay station
pay structure
pay television

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAY OFF

badly off
better off
buy off
carry off
comfortably off
cry off
cut off
day off
drop off
get off
hold off
kick off
lay off
marry off
on and off
play off
set off
show off
take off
turn off

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

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PAY OFF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pay off» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pay off

Translation of «pay off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAY OFF

Find out the translation of pay off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pay off 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 off» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

清偿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saldar
570 millions of speakers

English

pay off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भुगतान करें
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سداد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

погасить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pague
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ পরিশোধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

payer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bayar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auszahlen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

完済する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지불
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbayar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trả hết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செலுத்துங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेड द्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hesabı kapatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

saldare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opłacać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

погасити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

achita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξοφλήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afbetaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

betala av
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lønne seg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pay off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAY OFF»

The term «pay off» is very widely used and occupies the 21.350 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAY OFF» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «PAY OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pay off.
1
Michele Bachmann
You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that.
2
Joel A. Barker
The invention of the micro-loan was a big surprise to me. Who would have guessed loans of less than $20 made to poor people in undeveloped countries could create thriving local economies? And, even more surprisingly, that they more reliably pay off their debts than the wealthy of the world.
3
Trishelle Cannatella
I tried out for another show while I was in college so I could pay off my student loans, and it sort of led to The Real World. The same people that were casting that show were casting The Real World, so they asked me to do it.
4
Gaston Caperton
Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Legislature's strong commitment to increase access to Advanced Placement courses continues to pay off.
5
Dabney Coleman
To tell you the truth I am hard put to think of anyone who's career was affected significantly by making all those phone calls and I must be wrong. I must be wrong! Because it has just got to pay off!
6
Jilly Cooper
The bank told us we ought to sell this house to pay off our overdraft. Riders saved the day. I was so pleased when it got to number one, I went all around the fields crying and crying.
7
Samuel R. Delany
I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off.
8
Kevin Hart
Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.
9
Reggie Jackson
October, that's when they pay off for playing ball.
10
Karan Johar
My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAY OFF»

Discover the use of pay off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pay off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Making Enterprise Risk Management Pay Off
Making Enterprise Risk Management Pay Off shows how top companies are transforming risk management into an integrated, continuous, broadly focused discipline that identifies and assesses risks more effectively, responds more precisely, and ...
Thomas L. Barton, William G. Shenkir, Paul L. Walker, 2002
2
Manufacturing Advantage: Why High-performance Work Systems ...
This revelatory book, written by some of the skeptics, lays some of the suspicion to rest.
Eileen Appelbaum, 2000
3
Pay Off
Why does a wealthy Scottish financier set up a drugs deal with the IRA?
Stephen Leather, 2009
4
Spin-off to Pay-off: An Analytical Guide to Investing in ...
. .Through spin-offs were already announced, there still is time to apply strategies learned in this book to land quick-strike trading profits.
Joseph W. Cornell, 1998
5
25 Ways to Make College Pay Off: Advice for Anxious Parents ...
None of these books have input of successful college students who have used these 20 skills in their college career. This is an insider's book on how to get the most out of college.
William D. Coplin, 2007
6
Making college pay off
Explains how to take advantage of the opportunities in college in order to achieve success in a career after graduation
Adele M. Scheele, 1983
7
Red-Hot Cold Call Selling: Prospecting Techniques That ...
Completely revised with fresh examples and all new chapters, the second edition of Red-Hot Cold Call Selling reveals the secrets, strategies, and tips readers can use to elevate their prospecting skills and take their sales into the ...
Paul S. Goldner, 2006
8
Untapped Riches: Never Pay Off Your Mortgage--and Other ...
This book gives readers concrete strategies for coming up with the financing they need to invest, including new mortgage instruments, flexible loans, and unorthodox strategies for freeing some of the equity they have in their home.
Anthony Cutaia, Susan Cutaia, Robert Slater, 2007
9
Pay Off Your Mortgage in 2 Years
Pay Off Your Mortgage in 2 Years is aimed at home-owners everywhere and anyone interested in finance, property or who has followed the tv series.
Graham Hooper, 2006
10
Passing the Torch: Does Higher Education for the ...
The evidence marshaled in this important book reaffirms the American ideal of upward mobility through education.
Paul Attewell, David Lavin, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAY OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pay off is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ford Motor Company Earnings: Will the New F-150 Finally Pay Off?
Those models start to pay off after a few months on the market, driving profits up in the first part of the following year. But things are different this ... «Motley Fool, Jul 15»
2
Pay off politicians to stop cane burning
Let's get real. If the people of Maui really want to stop the gas from sugar cane smoke burnings from getting into our keiki's lungs then we, the ... «Maui News, Jul 15»
3
Fast-food wage hike may pay off for biz
Wal-Mart begs to differ. And that suggests last week's decision in New York will play out in unexpected and interesting ways. Earlier this year ... «Crain's New York Business, Jul 15»
4
Michael Arace commentary | Blue Jackets spend big, but will it pay off?
The Blue Jackets are the chic midsummer pick to leap the pack in the Eastern Conference. They ought to be. Expensive teams that are not the ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
5
Alabama shouldn't raid education to pay off debts: week in review
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving for a visit to the U.S. Mexico border in Laredo, Texas on ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
6
'We're just a hard battling family and we don't want this win to …
'Now we can pay off debt, take care of our family and do some much needed home renovations. 'We also want to donate to charity and we can ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
Johnny Depp Drains Bank Account To Pay Off Ex Vanessa Paradis …
Johnny Depp is one of the most sought-after actors in the world, and highest paid, but believe it or not Amber Heard's hubby is basically broke. «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 15»
8
EDITORIAL—10 YEARS: Community support, vision, hard work pay
We were able on our 10-year anniversary this week to pay off $61,800 of our lease option to purchase our Genesis House shelter. We are now ... «Green Valley News, Jul 15»
9
EFF to pay off Moss Phakoe's house
RUSTENBURG - The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will pay off the house of slain Rustenburg councillor Moss Phakoe, party leader Julius ... «eNCA, Jul 15»
10
Dave Ramsey: Prioritize to pay off medical bills, credit card debt
Dear Dave: I'm self-employed, and I travel about 30,000 miles per year in my van. I'm three payments away from having the vehicle paid off, but ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»

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