Verb

• S: (v) pay off (yield a profit or result) "His efforts finally paid off"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• S: (v) liquidate, pay off (eliminate by paying off (debts))
• S: (v) redeem, pay off (pay off (loans or promissory notes))
• S: (v) pay, pay off, make up, compensate (do or give something to somebody in return) "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
• S: (v) buy off, pay off (pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor)
• S: (v) pay back, pay off, get, fix (take vengeance on or get even) "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"