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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pay off

    To repay or to retaliate, to punish or to reward, may be to make some return very inadequate to the benefit or injury received, or the right or wrong done; but to requite (according to its etymology) is to make so full and adequate a return as to quit oneself of all obligation of favor or hostility, of punishment or reward. Requite is often used in the more general sense of recompense or repay, but always with the suggestion, at least, of the original idea of full equivalent; when one speaks of requiting kindness with ingratitude, the expression gains force from the comparison of the actual with the proper and appropriate return. Compare PAY.

    Synonyms:
    avenge, compensate, pay, punish, quit, reciprocate, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy, settle with

    Antonyms:
    absolve, acquit, excuse, forget, forgive, neglect, overlook, pardon, pardon, pass over, slight

    Preposition:
    To requite injury with injury is human, but not Christian.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pay offverb

    yield a profit or result

    "His efforts finally paid off"

    Synonyms:
    make up, pay, buy off, pay back, redeem, liquidate, get, compensate, fix

  2. liquidate, pay offverb

    eliminate by paying off (debts)

    Synonyms:
    make up, do in, pay, buy off, pay back, redeem, liquidate, get, neutralise, compensate, knock off, fix, waste, neutralize

  3. redeem, pay offverb

    pay off (loans or promissory notes)

    Synonyms:
    make up, redeem, pay, buy off, ransom, pay back, save, liquidate, get, compensate, fix, deliver

  4. pay, pay off, make up, compensateverb

    do or give something to somebody in return

    "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

    Synonyms:
    even off, right, get, liquidate, make up, compensate, patch up, recompense, cover, fix, remunerate, even out, fabricate, pay back, make, be, redeem, ante up, reconcile, correct, invent, counterbalance, give, overcompensate, catch up with, manufacture, devote, pay up, represent, conciliate, comprise, even up, repair, yield, cook up, buy off, indemnify, redress, constitute, pay, settle, bear

  5. buy off, pay offverb

    pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

    Synonyms:
    make up, pay, buy off, pay back, redeem, liquidate, get, compensate, fix

  6. pay back, pay off, get, fixverb

    take vengeance on or get even

    "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

    Synonyms:
    desexualize, take, desexualise, restore, make, gear up, mystify, experience, develop, draw, cook, have, mend, become, desex, sustain, ready, receive, scram, unsex, amaze, stimulate, sire, limit, posit, drive, engender, go, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, fixate, beat, pay, set about, get down, incur, make up, contract, bring forth, grow, specify, dumbfound, stupefy, start, fasten, arrest, beget, liquidate, sterilise, secure, repair, bring, bewilder, sterilize, mother, buy off, father, buzz off, catch, touch on, let, obtain, redeem, puzzle, flummox, repay, compensate, set, get, generate, prepare, capture, find, deposit, define, furbish up, baffle, produce, start out, pose, vex, situate, aim, induce, perplex, gravel, begin, fetch, set up, reward, determine, commence, arrive, set out, convey, acquire, come, bushel, bugger off, cause, doctor, nonplus

Dictionary of English Synonymes4.0 / 1 vote

  1. pay off

    Synonyms:
    pay and discharge (as hired men)

  2. pay off

    Synonyms:
    punish, pay, take revenge upon, retort upon

  3. pay off

    Synonyms:
    (Naut.) fall off, fall to leeward

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How to use pay off in a sentence?

  1. George Harrington:

    It let me pay off bills, let me get back on my feet, i got my money. I didn't have to wait a year. So I'm happy.

  2. Ted Rossman:

    Even if spending may be tailing off a bit, high inflation and higher interest rates are making balances harder to pay off, more people are putting necessities on credit cards and financing these expenses over time.

  3. Bill Condon:

    …Josh [Gad] makes something really subtle and delicious out it said, and that’s what has its pay-off at the end, which I don’t want to give away. But it’s a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie.

  4. Christen Kuikoua:

    Even the most talented individuals cannot reap the rewards of their abilities without hard work. I live on hope, and I believe that one day, this effort will pay off.

  5. Dutee Chand:

    I believe that hard work always pays off and I am working diligently to win more laurels for my country in the upcoming competitions, my training schedule is pretty tough at the moment... but I have seen that my timing has improved a lot compared to before. I am working really hard and am sure it will pay off. I feel I will qualify for the Olympics this year.


Translations for pay off

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  • سدد دينكArabic
  • vyplácet se, podplácet, podplatit, vyplatit se, splatitCzech
  • zurückzahlen, bestechen, sich lohnen, auszahlenGerman
  • cancelar, pagar, sobornar, salir a cuenta, recompensar, valer la penaSpanish
  • acquitter, payer, soudoyerFrench
  • վճարելArmenian
  • aflossenDutch
  • opłacić się, opłacić, opłacać się, opłacaćPolish
  • compensarPortuguese
  • подкупать, окупаться, окупиться, расплатиться, покрыть, подкупить, расплачиваться, выплачивать, покрывать, выплатитьRussian

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