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Verb pay-off has 6 senses
- pay off - yield a profit or result; "His efforts finally paid off"
--1 is one way to yield, pay, bear
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- liquidate, pay off - eliminate by paying off (debts)
--2 is one way to pay up, ante up, pay
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- redeem, pay off - pay off (loans or promissory notes)
--3 is one way to pay
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pay, pay off, make up, compensate - do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
--4 is one way to settle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- buy off, pay off - pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
--5 is one way to bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- pay back, pay off, get, fix - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
--6 is one way to get even, get back
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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