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1. transitive verb repay debt in full: to repay the full amount of a bill, debt, or other financial obligation, especially one that has been paid in installments
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2. transitive verb repay part of debt: to repay a portion of a debt or other financial obligation
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3. transitive verb bribe somebody: to give somebody money as a bribe, usually to prevent that person from causing trouble
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informal
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4. transitive verb pay and lay off workers: to give employees or workers the money owing to them for work performed before dismissing them
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5. intransitive verb be successful: to be successful or profitable
  All that preparation paid off in the end.
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6. transitive verb U.K. take revenge on somebody: to take revenge on somebody for something he or she has done to you
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7. intransitive verb nautical make leeway: to make leeway
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