"paydown" meaning in English

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        "2": "pay down"
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      "expansion": "Deverbal from pay down",
      "name": "deverbal"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from pay down.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paydowns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "paydown (countable and uncountable, plural paydowns)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "en:Finance",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 7, “Letters to Cadbury: 'I would ask you to reconsider your rejection ... '”, in Guardian:",
          "text": "The significant cash flow of the enlarged entity following a combination would allow for rapid debt paydown and the continued funding of growth initiatives.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The reissue of an unpaid debt for less than the initial issue."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "reissue",
          "reissue"
        ],
        [
          "unpaid",
          "unpaid"
        ],
        [
          "debt",
          "debt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) The reissue of an unpaid debt for less than the initial issue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "paydown"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pay down"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from pay down",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from pay down.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paydowns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
      "expansion": "paydown (countable and uncountable, plural paydowns)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2009 September 7, “Letters to Cadbury: 'I would ask you to reconsider your rejection ... '”, in Guardian:",
          "text": "The significant cash flow of the enlarged entity following a combination would allow for rapid debt paydown and the continued funding of growth initiatives.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The reissue of an unpaid debt for less than the initial issue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "reissue",
          "reissue"
        ],
        [
          "unpaid",
          "unpaid"
        ],
        [
          "debt",
          "debt"
        ]
      ],
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        "(finance) The reissue of an unpaid debt for less than the initial issue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
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  "word": "paydown"
}