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pay off

verb as in discharge

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verb as in grease

verb as in lay off

verb as in liquidate

verb as in return

verb as in work off

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noun as in discharge

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I always try to only spend what I have, paying off my credit card monthly, but this has gotten away from me.

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John Lewis, for its part, doesn't disclose how much it spends on its Christmas advert, but Ms Hanley said they are "confident it pays off".

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Related: My girlfriend, a widow in her 40s, pays off her credit card after every transaction.

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The diabolical move from Riley would pay off.

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But AI darling Palantir Technologies’ quarterly results failed to impress Wall Street, while caution crept into the AI trade more generally, as investors started to wonder whether massive investments by tech companies will pay off.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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