I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.
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Pay off
Synonyms for "pay off" (121 found)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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13 entriesCollocations
12 entriesInflections
4 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 9 languages.
Czech
1 entries- splatit verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
Finnish
2 entries- maksaa verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- maksaa pois verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
French
2 entries- acquitter verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- payer verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
German
2 entries- abbezahlen verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- auszahlen verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
Norman
1 entries- soudre verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- amortisere verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- avbetale verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
Polish
2 entries- spłacać verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- spłacić verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
Russian
4 entries- вы́платить verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- выпла́чивать verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- покры́ть verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- покрыва́ть verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
Spanish
2 entries- cancelar verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
- pagar verb (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
I had to pay off the judge to get my license back.
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Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.
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Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.
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Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.