I can't pay you off until Wednesday when I get my paycheck.
•I have to use this money to pay off Sarah.
2. Fig. to bribe someone. •Max asked Lefty if he had paid the cops off yet.
•Lefty paid off the cops on time.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pay someone off — 1 Tim paid off the driver: PAY WHAT ONE OWES, discharge. 2 paying off the police: BRIBE, suborn, buy (off); informal grease someone s palm. → pay * * * dismiss someone with a final payment … Useful english dictionary
pay someone off — dismiss someone with a final payment. → pay … English new terms dictionary
pay sb off — UK US pay sb off Phrasal Verb with pay({{}}/peɪ/ verb (paid, paid) ► to tell someone to leave their job and pay them what they have earned: »75 workers were paid off when the plant was closed down. ► to finish paying someone the money that you… … Financial and business terms
pension someone off — dismiss someone from employment and pay them a pension. → pension … English new terms dictionary
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pay off — verb 1. yield a profit or result (Freq. 4) His efforts finally paid off • Hypernyms: ↑yield, ↑pay, ↑bear • Verb Frames: Something s 2. eliminate by paying off ( … Useful english dictionary
pay — pay1 verb (past and past participle paid) 1》 give (someone) money due for work, goods, or a debt incurred. ↘give (a sum of money) thus owed. ↘(pay someone off) dismiss someone with a final payment. 2》 be profitable or advantageous.… … English new terms dictionary
pay — pay1 [pā] vt. paid or [Obs.] (except in phrase PAY OUT, sense 2)Obs. payed, paying [ME paien, to pay, satisfy < OFr paier < L pacare, to pacify < pax,PEACE] 1. to give to (a person) what is due, as for goods received, services rendered,… … English World dictionary
pay — pay1 W1S1 [peı] v past tense and past participle paid [peıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give money)¦ 2¦(bill/tax/rent)¦ 3¦(wage/salary)¦ 4 pay attention (to somebody/something) 5¦(legal cost)¦ 6¦(say something good)¦ 7¦(good result)¦ 8¦(profit)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
pay — pay1 [ peı ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [ peıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to give money in order to buy something: pay for: Let me pay for dinner. pay someone for something: Can I pay you for … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pay */*/*/ — I UK [peɪ] / US verb Word forms pay : present tense I/you/we/they pay he/she/it pays present participle paying past tense paid UK [peɪd] / US past participle paid Get it right: pay: The verb pay is never followed by a direct object that refers to … English dictionary
