Pay off
Pay off verb - To give what is owed for.
Both terms in one sentence
-
It didn't work - she was still made to do work around the house to pay off the debt.
Source: Series / 8 Simple Rules -
And the time Al had to work as a bellhop to pay off fraudulent credit card debts.
Source: Work Off the Debt -
If he loses, he'll be imprisoned as a virtual slave in an underground work camp, sentenced to work 16 hours a day in brutal conditions for something like ten dollars a day to pay off his debt.
Source: Manly Tears
Cite this Source
Work and Pay off. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pay_off/work
Pay off & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pay_off/work>.
Work or Pay off. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pay_off/work.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "pay off" and "work" have occurred on timeline