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Definition: TO PAY OFF |
TO PAY OFF1. (a) To make compensation to and discharge; as, to pay off the crew of a ship. (b) To allow (a thread, cord, etc.) to run off; to unwind. |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | To pay a debt in full, not at one time, but by instalments, usually periodically. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TO PAY OFF |
| English words defined with "TO PAY OFF": obligated ♦ revenue bond ♦ To get square with. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TO PAY OFF": accelerated amortization ♦ Lawsuits, legal entity ♦ Pay off old Scores ♦ Venus of Cnidus. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In the past, developers unable to pay off bank loans simply walked away from the problem. (references) | |
To pay off the loan, Vodokanal plans to distribute the French technology throughout Russia. (references) | ||
Economic History | Moldova | Moldova also redeemed bonds worth USD 140 million in order to pay off part of its Gazprom debt. (references) |
Mexico | There have been programs that provide money to pay off loans and help banks with their debt burdens. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | The government traditionally relied heavily on the "differential" between its purchases and sales of petroleum products to pay off foreign debt and other obligations. (references) | |
Political Economy | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | For example, in September 1999 the government agreed to pay off $125 million in debts of the State Sugar Council in connection with the privatization of that entity. (references) |
Worker Rights | Nigeria | Upon arrival many were forced into prostitution in order to pay off debts. (references) |
India | Children sent from their homes to work because their parents cannot afford to feed them, or in order to pay off a debt incurred by a parent or relative, have no choice in the matter. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "TO PAY OFF": to pay off creditors. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "TO PAY OFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | betale i afdrag (to pay by instalments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | afbetalen (amortize, deaden, pay off, pay on account). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuolettaa kiinnitys (to pay off a mortgage, to redeem a mortgage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | payer par acomptes (to pay by instalments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | abzahlen (clear off, pay, pay off, redeem, repay), abbezahlen (pay off, redeem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξοφλώ με δόσεις (to pay by instalments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megbosszulja magát, kifizetődik (to pay, to pay its way), kifizet (disburse, pay off, pay out, to buy off, to clear off, to disburse, to discharge, to honor, to honour, to pay out, to stump up), bosszút áll (get one's own back, to avenge, to pay off a grudge, to take vengeance, to wreak), beválik (to pan, to work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | pagare parzialmente (to pay by instalments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otay aypay offay pagar em prestaçoes (to pay by instalments). (various references) pagar a plazos (pay by instalments, pay in instalments, pay on account). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-f-o-o-p-t-y" | |
-2 letters: payoff. | |
-3 letters: afoot, atopy, footy, poofy, taffy, toffy. | |
-4 letters: atop, foot, ofay, paty, pfft, poof, toff, toyo, typo, yaff. | |
-5 letters: aff, aft, apt, fat, fay, fop, foy, oaf, oat, off, oft, oot, opt, pat, pay, pot, pya, tao, tap, too, top, toy, yap. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 50 41 59 4F 46 46 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010000 01000001 01011001 00100000 01001111 01000110 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   P A Y   O F F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0050 0041 0059 004F 0046 0046 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544925035592494040 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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