PAID OFF Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

paid off

verb

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past tense of pay off

as in paid

to give what is owed for I finally paid off the loan

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repudiated

as in bribed

to influence someone with a bribe she paid off the security guard so that she could steal whatever she liked

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Recent Examples of paid off The pressing finally paid off in the 48th minute when Forney sophomore Addison Staats picked the pocket of a Carroll player, raced 30 yards down the left side and threw a perfect cross to Kalani Brundage who was all alone, 5 yards in front of the net. —

Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026 The hard work put in over several years paid off with a miracle season that included only one regular-season game loss. —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Apr. 2026 The data shows that Americans also paid off credit card debt and topped off their savings accounts, along with paying for essentials like groceries and rent. —

Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026 And by the time the principal and interest are fully paid off, in 2048, public payments for the team will total slightly less than one and a half billion dollars. —

Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026 The Tribune analysis found little evidence that the strategy has paid off financially, with the city eventually agreeing to settle the vast majority of cases. —

Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 The effort paid off, and Midjourney hired him as a software engineer in 2023. —

Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026 The Gulf’s investment in fertilizer paid off, as by 2026, much of the developing world was reliant on Gulf fertilizers. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026 Coach Brad Underwood’s emphasis on recruiting in Eastern Europe has paid off in this tournament. —

ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026

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There, Blanton says, corporate lobbyists paid between $25,000 and $100,000 for lawmakers' attention, and a pro-business group called One Main Street paid $25,000 for their hotel rooms.

— Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Under all that pressure, where fans have paid premiums on tickets and hotels, and with a White House administration that has made this World Cup a priority issue, is the union braced for the heat which may come its way?

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026