Usually means: Reduce overall balance of debt.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. pay down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pay down: Merriam-Webster
  3. pay down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pay-down: Wordnik
  5. pay down: Dictionary.com
  6. pay down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. pay down: Wiktionary

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Pay-down: Financial dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pay down: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pay down)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).

Similar:
paydown, pay off, down payment, downpayment, pay out, pay up, pay in, pay for, paying, buydown, more...

Opposite:
accumulate, increase, accrue, add up, grow

Phrases:
Pay Me My Money Down, more...

Adjectives:
consolidate, saving, discount, pay, tithe, content, fine, pensionary, w/o, superannuable, budget

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Similar:
paydown, pay off, down payment, downpayment, pay out, pay up, pay in, pay for, paying, buydown, more...

Opposite:
accumulate, increase, accrue, add up, grow

Phrases:
Pay Me My Money Down, more...

Adjectives:
consolidate, saving, discount, pay, tithe, content, fine, pensionary, w/o, superannuable, budget



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