pay off

verbo

En español: valer la pena, merecer la pena, salir a cuenta, compensar el esfuerzo

To bribe, especially to deter oversight. (informal, transitive) · I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.
To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit. (intransitive) · Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.
To pay back; to repay. (transitive) · He paid off the loan three months early.
To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed). (transitive) · This contract requires you to pay off the car by 2025.
To pay and discharge (an employee). (transitive)
To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.

De la biblioteca

“Because she had the money there with which to pay off the brokers.”

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 79 · B2

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