PAID OFF Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

paid off

verb

past tense of pay off

as in paid

to give what is owed for I finally paid off the loan

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repudiated

as in bribed

to influence someone with a bribe she paid off the security guard so that she could steal whatever she liked

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Recent Examples of paid off Now, next week's midterm election stands as the clearest test yet of whether that balancing act has paid off. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 But more than two decades later, that project’s ill fate appears to have paid off handsomely. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026 The aggression paid off as Kansas converted five fourth downs while improving to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the Big 12. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026 The judge added that interest on the penalty shall accrue at the rate of 15% each year until the fine is paid off in full. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Luckily, her extensive research and attention to detail paid off. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026 And that gamble paid off handsomely when the movie quickly made back ten times its budget. — Blake J. Harris, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 The bar then placed a $5,000 bet on Kalshi that the then-underdog Knicks would win, and a $13,500 payout meant the bar not only paid off its patrons’ tabs, but also reaped a $8,500 profit. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 The bet paid off, close to hundreds of millions of views later, all without ever having taken a single drama class. — Baptiste Mandrillon, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

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Teachers are better paid and more people are working in Nevada than ever before.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
The Queen, meanwhile, paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in the Girls of Britain and Ireland Tiara, arguably the most famous piece in the late monarch's collection.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 25 Oct. 2026

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In exchange, the indictment said, the bettors bribed Beasley — and his debts to Davis were reduced or eliminated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
By automating tasks that once required human discretion, rulers can replace unreliable intermediaries with faithful algorithms that cannot be bribed or manipulated.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026