English Dictionary

pay off

動詞

くだけた表現 他動詞 自動詞

(transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight. / (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit. / (transitive) To pay back; to repay.

日本語の意味

【他動詞・口語】賄賂を渡す、買収する。 / 【自動詞】価値が実る、成果が出る。 / 【他動詞】（借金や費用を）返済する、支払いを完了する。

The contractor tried to pay off the inspector to overlook the building code violations.

請負業者は建築基準法違反を見逃すよう検査官に賄賂を渡そうとした。

意味（1）

(transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.

I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.

Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.

意味（3）

(transitive) To pay back; to repay.

He paid off the loan three months early.

意味（4）

(transitive) To pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on.

This contract requires you to pay off the car by 2025.

意味（5）

(nautical) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.

pays off （ present singular third-person ）

paying off （ participle present ）

paid off （ participle past ）

paid off （ past ）