pay off

pay off
1) (to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed: Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off.) liquidar el sueldo, dar el finiquito, pagar y despedir
2) (to have good results: His hard work paid off.) valer la pena, dar resultado, ser rentable, compensar
pay off
v.
• amortizar v.
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (settle, repay) \<\<debt\>\> cancelar, saldar, liquidar, pagar*; \<\<creditor\>\> pagarle* a
b) \<\<worker\>\> liquidarle el sueldo (or jornal etc) a (al despedirlo)
c) (bribe) (colloq) untarle la mano a (fam), coimear (CS, Per fam), darle* una mordida a (Méx fam)
2) v + adv (prove worthwhile) valer* or merecer* la pena, tener* su compensación; \<\<gamble\>\> resultar
1. VT + ADV
1) [+ debt] liquidar, saldar; [+ mortgage] amortizar

to pay sth off in instalments — pagar algo a plazos

to pay off old scores — ajustar cuentas

2) (=discharge) [+ workers, crew] pagar y despedir
2.
VI + ADV merecer or valer la pena

the gamble paid off — mereció or valió la pena arriesgarse

his efforts paid off — sus esfuerzos merecieron or valieron la pena

the investment paid off handsomely — la inversión bien mereció la pena or dio muy buenos frutos

when do you think it will begin to pay off? — ¿cuándo piensas que empezará a dar resultado?

* * *
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (settle, repay) \<\<debt\>\> cancelar, saldar, liquidar, pagar*; \<\<creditor\>\> pagarle* a
b) \<\<worker\>\> liquidarle el sueldo (or jornal etc) a (al despedirlo)
c) (bribe) (colloq) untarle la mano a (fam), coimear (CS, Per fam), darle* una mordida a (Méx fam)
2) v + adv (prove worthwhile) valer* or merecer* la pena, tener* su compensación; \<\<gamble\>\> resultar

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