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"text": "I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.",
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"ref": "1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games",
"text": "I had to pay off the judge to get my license back.",
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"To bribe, especially to deter oversight."
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"(transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight."
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "bestechen"
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "lefizet"
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "soudeyer"
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "bestikke"
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "mitui"
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"roman": "podkupátʹ",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "подкупа́ть"
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подкупи́ть"
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"word": "sobornar"
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"text": "Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.",
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{
"ref": "2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC",
"text": "Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.",
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"To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit."
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"(intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit."
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "valdre la pena"
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"word": "compensar"
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
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"perfective"
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "kannattaa"
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
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"_dis1": "0 91 1 3 1 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "porter ses fruits"
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "sich auszahlen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "sich lohnen"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "kifizetődik"
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "megtérül"
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"_dis1": "0 91 1 3 1 4",
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "jövedelmez"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "ricompensare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 91 1 3 1 4",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "valere la pena"
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "報われる"
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "soudre"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "lønne seg"
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "compensar"
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"_dis1": "0 91 1 3 1 4",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okupátʹsja",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "окупа́ться"
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"roman": "okupítʹsja",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "окупи́ться"
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"_dis1": "0 91 1 3 1 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "valer la pena"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 91 1 3 1 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "recompensar"
},
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"_dis1": "0 91 1 3 1 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "rendir frutos"
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"_dis1": "0 91 1 3 1 4",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "salir a cuenta"
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"text": "He paid off the loan three months early.",
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"To pay back; to repay."
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"(transitive) To pay back; to repay."
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"roman": "vypláčvacʹ",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
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"roman": "výplacicʹ",
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"roman": "razplaštam se",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "разплащам се"
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"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "aflossen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "maksaa takaisin"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "maksaa pois"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "revaloir"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "zurückzahlen"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "abzahlen"
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"_dis1": "1 1 63 32 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "visszafizet"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 63 32 2 2",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "kifizet"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 63 32 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "kiegyenlít"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 63 32 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "rendez"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 63 32 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "törleszt"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "ripagare"
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"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "soudre"
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"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "avbetale"
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"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "tilbakebetale"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "amortisere"
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"_dis1": "1 1 63 32 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
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"word": "opłacać"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vypláčivatʹ",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "выпла́чивать"
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"roman": "raspláčivatʹsja",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
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"roman": "rasplatítʹsja",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
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"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
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"text": "Coordinate term: pay down"
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[
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"(transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed)."
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"ref": "1959, Albert Lansing, Endurance, page 25",
"text": "The cook, who had been an indifferent worker on the trip over, came aboard drunk and was immediately paid off. Amazingly, twenty men applied to fill the vacancy.",
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"To pay and discharge (an employee)."
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"(transitive) To pay and discharge (an employee)."
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"To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail."
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"_dis1": "2 1 44 48 2 3",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"tags": [
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "maksaa pois"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "acquitter"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "payer"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "auszahlen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "abbezahlen"
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "soudre"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "avbetale"
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{
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"text": "Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post.",
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"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
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"perfective"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
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"word": "podplácet"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "lahjoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "soudoyer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "bestechen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "lefizet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "megveszteget"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "corrompere"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "soudeyer"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "bestikke"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "mitui"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkupátʹ",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подкупа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podkupítʹ",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подкупи́ть"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bribe, especially to deter oversight",
"word": "sobornar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "valdre la pena"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "valer la pena"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "compensar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "vyplatit se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "vyplácet se"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "kannattaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "payer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "porter ses fruits"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "sich auszahlen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "sich lohnen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "kifizetődik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "megtérül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "beválik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "megéri"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "jövedelmez"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "ricompensare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "valere la pena"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mukuwareru",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "報われる"
},
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "soudre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "lønne seg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"tags": [
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"word": "opłacać się"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "compensar"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okupátʹsja",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "окупа́ться"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okupítʹsja",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "окупи́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "valer la pena"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "recompensar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "rendir frutos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit",
"word": "salir a cuenta"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vypláčvacʹ",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "выпла́чваць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výplacicʹ",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "вы́плаціць"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razplaštam se",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "разплащам се"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "aflossen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "maksaa takaisin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "maksaa pois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "revaloir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "zurückzahlen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "abzahlen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "visszafizet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "kifizet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "kiegyenlít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "rendez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "törleszt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "ripagare"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "soudre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "avbetale"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "tilbakebetale"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "amortisere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opłacać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "opłacić"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vypláčivatʹ",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выпла́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výplatitʹ",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "вы́платить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspláčivatʹsja",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "распла́чиваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasplatítʹsja",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "расплати́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pay back; to repay",
"word": "pagar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "splatit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "maksaa pois"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "maksaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "acquitter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "payer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "auszahlen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "abbezahlen"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "soudre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "avbetale"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "amortisere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vypláčivatʹ",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выпла́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výplatitʹ",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́платить"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokryvátʹ",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "покрыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokrýtʹ",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "покры́ть"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "pagar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on",
"word": "cancelar"
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],
"word": "pay off"
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