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