Dictionary entry details
• PAY OFF (verb)
Meaning:
Yield a profit or result
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
His efforts finally paid off
Hypernyms (to "pay off" is one way to...):
bear; pay; yield (bring in)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Eliminate by paying off (debts)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
liquidate; pay off
Hypernyms (to "pay off" is one way to...):
ante up; pay; pay up (cancel or discharge a debt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pay off"):
lift (pay off (a mortgage))
amortise; amortize (liquidate gradually)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pay off (loans or promissory notes)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
pay off; redeem
Hypernyms (to "pay off" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Do or give something to somebody in return
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
make up; pay; pay off; compensate
Context example:
Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Hypernyms (to "pay off" is one way to...):
settle (dispose of; make a financial settlement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
buy off; pay off
Hypernyms (to "pay off" is one way to...):
bribe; buy; corrupt; grease one's palms (make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence)
Domain category:
crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Take vengeance on or get even
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
pay back; fix; pay off; get
Context examples:
We'll get them! / That'll fix him good! / This time I got him
Hypernyms (to "pay off" is one way to...):
get back; get even (take revenge or even out a score)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
