pay off

To pay the full amount on (a debt).

償清（債務）：支付（債務）的全部數(shù)額

To effect profit

帶來利益

a bet that paid off poorly.

沒有多大利息的賭注

To get revenge for or on; requite.

報復：為…或向…報復；報復

To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge.

結(jié)算工資：由于要解雇（雇員）支付工資

&I{Informal} To bribe.

【非正式用語】 賄賂

&I{Nautical} To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward.

&I{【航海】} 使（船首）轉(zhuǎn)向下風：轉(zhuǎn)向或使（船）轉(zhuǎn)向下風

pay out

To give (money) out; spend.

把（錢）花掉；花費

To let out (a line or rope) by slackening.

緩緩放松：通過放松使（繩或索）放出

pay up

To give over the full monetary amount demanded.

付清全部款項：繳清所要求的全部資金數(shù)額

he who pays the piper calls the tune

(proverb)the person who provides the money for something has the right to determine how it's spent

(諺)誰出錢誰做主；誰承擔費用誰有決定權(quán)

in the pay of

employed by

受雇于

pay one's compliments

pay court to

pay dearly

obtain something at a high cost or great effort

花大價錢（或努力）得到

his master must have paid dearly for such a magnificent beast.

他的老板為這頭異獸一定花了不少錢。

pay one's dues

his master must have paid dearly for such a magnificent beast.

他的老板為這頭異獸一定花了不少錢。

pay for itself

(of an object or system) earn or save enough money to cover the cost of its purchase

（物品，系統(tǒng)）賺（或節(jié)省）下足以支付購買費用的錢款

pay its (或 one's) way

(of an enterprise or person) earn enough to cover its or one's costs

（企業(yè)）贏利以支付開銷；（人）掙錢以支付費用

pay one's last respects

show respect towards a dead person by attending their funeral

向（死者）告別

pay one's respects

make a polite visit to someone

拜訪，拜望

we went to pay our respects to the head lama.

我們前去拜望大喇嘛。

pay through the nose

(informal)pay much more than a fair price

(非正式)付費過高