| 单词 | pay off |
| 释义 | pay off 1. phrasal verb B2 If you pay off a debt, you give someone all the money that you owe them. It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you pay off someone, you give them the amount of money that you owe them or that they are asking for, so that they will not take action against you or cause you any trouble. ...his bid to raise funds to pay off his creditors. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The sacked chief executive of the company was paid off with $161.5m. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb B2 If an action pays off, it is successful or profitable after a period of time. Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her persistence paid off. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. See also payoff See full dictionary entry for pay |
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