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That can be used to pay off your existing mortgage, pay down your high-rate credit card debt, or simply for everyday expenses that have become harder to manage in today's economy.—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 7 May 2026 Your mind can categorize your to-do list as either paying down debt or building credit.—Big Think, 4 May 2026 Instead of adding to the debt, Giltner said that opting to pay down the debt would be a better allocation of tax dollars.—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 3 May 2026 But that plan also would curtail all state efforts to pay down pension debt in a faster-than-normal fashion.—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pay down