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Meaning of pay down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).

transitive

Equivalents

Latina dependo

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pay for itself pay for one's whistle pay forward pay heed pay homage to pay home

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