Debt
Pay off
Pay off verb - To give what is owed for.
Both terms in one sentence
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Indentured Servitude: "I'm a slave in debt", says Kotpun's mother, who is stuck slaving for the Paes because she can't pay off her debt.
Source: Film / The Flower Girl -
If you pay off his debt, he'll reopen his shop and start selling some very useful items.
Source: Work Off the Debt -
Instead Dean says he's stealing the silverware to pay off a gambling debt, which is more in tune with his character in the alternate timeline.
Source: Not What It Looks Like
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