Usually means: Settle a debt or obligation.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics Colors (New!)
We found 25 dictionaries that define the word pay off:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pay off: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pay off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pay off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pay off: Vocabulary.com
  5. Pay-Off, Pay-off, pay-off: Wordnik
  6. pay off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. pay-off, pay off: Wiktionary
  8. pay-off, pay off: Dictionary.com
  9. pay-off: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Pay-off, The Pay-Off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. pay off: Rhymezone
  12. pay off: Free Dictionary
  13. pay off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. pay off: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. pay-off, pay off: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pay off: Encyclopedia

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

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pay off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pay off: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pay Off: Dan's Poker
  2. Pay Off: Poker Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pay Off, Pay Off: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See pay_offs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pay off)

verb:  (transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
verb:  (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
verb:  (transitive) To pay back; to repay.
verb:  (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
verb:  (transitive) To pay and discharge (an employee).
verb:  (nautical) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gold,     green,     silver,     platinum,     emerald, more...



Word origin

Words similar to pay off

Usage examples for pay off

Idioms related to pay off

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near pay off

Rhymes of pay off

Invented words related to pay off

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gold,     green,     silver,     platinum,     emerald, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong.
Sign up for our new mailing list here!