pay off

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pay off
verbo transitivo con partícula
1saldar, liquidar (debt); amortizar, redimir (mortgage)
  • to p somebody off (familiar) -> sobornar or untar a alguien(bribe), dar una mordida a alguien (español de México), coimear a alguien (RP)
2hacer el finiquito a (worker)
verbo intransitivo
3dar fruto (efforts)

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pay off [pei]
(a) pagar el sueldo completo. (b) Despedir, despachar. (c) Retornar, desquitar, pagar en la misma moneda.

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pay off
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 [+debt] liquidar; saldar; [+mortgage] amortizar
to pay sth off in instalments pagar algo a plazos; to pay off old scores ajustar cuentas
2 (discharge) [+workers, crew] pagar y despedir
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
merecer valer la pena;or
the gamble paid off mereció valió la pena arriesgarse;or his efforts paid off sus esfuerzos merecieron valieron la pena;or
For a comparatively modest sum he bought the film rights of a wildly salacious novel prior to publication, and the gamble paid off: it got into the bestseller-lists his efforts during training paid off and he won first place
the investment paid off handsomely la inversión bien mereció la pena dio muy buenos frutos;or when do you think it will begin to pay off? ¿cuándo piensas que empezará a dar resultado?
the ruse paid off

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