pay off

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To bribe, especially to deter oversight. informal,transitive
    — I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.
  2. To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit. intransitive
    — Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.
  3. To pay back; to repay. transitive
    — He paid off the loan three months early.
  4. To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed). transitive
    — This contract requires you to pay off the car by 2025.
  5. To pay and discharge (an employee). transitive
    — The cook, who had been an indifferent worker on the trip over, came aboard drunk and was immediately paid off. Amazingly, twenty men applied to fill the vacancy.
  6. To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.

词形变化

pays off present,singular,third-person paying off participle,present paid off participle,past paid off past

词汇关系

衍生词
pay-off payoff
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