English-Dutch translations for pay off

• aflossen
  Als landen hun schulden niet aflossen, moeten we allemaal de prijs betalen in de vorm van hogere rentepercentages en een zwakkere munt. If countries do not pay off their debts, then we will all pay the price in higher interest rates and a weaker currency.
• delgen

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

• paying off
• arrogance does pay off
• pay itself off
• payoff
• pay-off
• payoff function