pay down
pay down · pays down · paid down · paying down
To partially repayTo partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).
» He paid me cash down.
Er hat bar bezahlt.
Він заплатив мені готівкою на місці.
Meaning
1 sensesTo partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).
He paid down his loan for the first five months.
He ought to pay down his car before he even thinks about buying any more collectibles.
Examples
8 sentencesHe paid me cash down.
Він заплатив мені готівкою на місці.
deEr hat bar bezahlt.
I paid fifty percent down for the car.
Sell it and pay down the credit card.
I'd like to pay down my debts.
We agreed about the price, the money is paid down presently.
Forms
pays down, paying down, paid down, paid downPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- pay upвартуватиTo pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.
- pay offвартуватиTo bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- pay backдістати, отримуватиTo pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
- pay outTo distribute money; to disburse.
- pay downTo partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).
- pay forwardHaving been the recipient of help or a good deed, to propagate goodwill by helping another person in turn.
Word family
3 related wordsDerivedpaydown
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb