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pay down

verb

Definition of pay down

as in to pay off

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Recent Examples of pay down Tesla investor Hy Luu, for example, refinanced his home to raise $30,000 to pay down margin debt during the stock's 2022 decline. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 Within five months, Christiansen worked to pay down the debt without telling her husband, while documenting the journey on social media. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 All the while, Skydance will have to pay down its massive debt load. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Sales tax growth above that threshold will be siphoned off to pay down stadium debt. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pay down

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In September of 2021, desperate to pay off a loan, and to keep the debt a secret from his girlfriend, Jontay went on a five-day binge.

— New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
The subtext for this latest crackdown, said The Straits Times (Singapore), is that Xi’s long-running purges are not paying off.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of pay off

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An evening spent learning something absorbing can be satisfying simply because the world feels a little less familiar afterward.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
However, public clouds don’t always satisfy the legal, operational and security requirements of a sovereign environment.

— Karan Alang, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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