Verbs

(v)pay offyield a profit or result“His efforts finally paid off”
(v)liquidate, pay offeliminate by paying off (debts)
(v)redeem, pay offpay off (loans or promissory notes)
(v)pay, pay off, make up, compensatedo or give something to somebody in return“Does she pay you for the work you are doing?”
(v)buy off, pay offpay someone with influence in order to receive a favor
(v)pay back, pay off, get, fixtake vengeance on or get even“We'll get them!”, “That'll fix him good!”, “This time I got him”