English-Czech translations for pay off

• podplácet
• podplatit
• splácet
  Paní předsedající, nevím o společnostech, které by měly splácet pokuty 400 let, zní to spíše poněkud drakonicky. Madam President, I do not know about companies having 400 years to pay off fines, but that does sound rather draconian.
• splatit
  Musíme zrušit dluh Haiti a splatit náš dluh vůči této zemi. We must cancel Haiti's debt and pay off our debt to that country.
  Existují lidé, kteří chtějí pracovat více, aby mohli splatit hypotéku, a kvůli dnešnímu hlasování nebudou moci. There are those who need to make more money in order to pay off a mortgage and, thanks to today's vote, cannot do so.
• vyplácet se
• vyplatit se

Definition of pay off

• To bribe, especially to deter oversight
• To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit
• To pay back; to repay
• To pay back the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on
• To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail

Examples

• I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.
• Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.
• He paid off the loan three months early.
• This contract requires you to pay off the car by 2025.

Related words

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• pay itself off
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