as in to pay off
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Recent Examples of pay down
Some say living full time out of an RV has freed them up financially to build their savings or pay down debt.
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Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
The 29-year-old spent much of his post-college years in financial limbo, with stints working gig economy jobs to pay down debt bookending a fulfilling, if not very lucrative, few years in the Peace Corps.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The best way to save money is to pay down as much credit card debt as possible.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
The 29-year-old spent much of his post-college years in financial limbo, with stints working gig economy jobs to pay down debt bookending a fulfilling, if not very lucrative, few years in the Peace Corps.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The best way to save money is to pay down as much credit card debt as possible.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay down
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Fast-forward to the end of the first half, and the Lions’ decision (and what would have been Kansas City’s usual strategy) paid off for the home team.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Baby gear rentals Want to make your investment in all that baby equipment pay off?—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Trump needed to satisfy Netanyahu’s political needs to get to this point, but now Trump needs to steamroll over them to put in place the next stage.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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They’ve been almost monomaniacally determined to deliver a climactic final eight episodes that provide not only a feeling of resolution, but of satisfying inevitability.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20down. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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