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pay off

















VERB
work off
Synonyms
WEAK


NOUN
discharge
Synonyms
Antonyms


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Three-month sales data published in April suggests the strategy is starting to pay off.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

By the time they pay off student loans in their 30s, they’ve lost the most critical compounding years for retirement savings.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

They took money out of their retirement accounts to cover their selling costs and pay off what they owed on the mortgage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Will the region’s risk of hosting pay off or will it be looked back on as a poor economic choice?

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Since then, he had been selling the NSA's secrets to the Soviets for a total of $37,000, money he used to pay off old debts.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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