pay down

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pay down something

to reduce the total amount of money owed. If this trend continues, the government could start paying down the national debt. We've got a big mortgage on the house and want to pay it down as quickly as we can.

Usage notes: most often used in connection with large debts

See also: down, pay

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Or else, what is much better, I deliver him up to King Charles, who, having no longer either a general or an army to fear, nor a diplomatist to trick him, will restore himself, and when once restored, will pay down to me the hundred thousand crowns in question. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Didn't I pay down twelve hundred dollars, cash, for all there is inside yer old cussed black shell? Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context In spite of my riches I shall not, however, give up trade till I have amassed a capital of a hundred thousand drachmas, when, having become a man of much consideration, I shall request the hand of the grand-vizir's daughter, taking care to inform the worthy father that I have heard favourable reports of her beauty and wit, and that I will pay down on our wedding day 3 thousand gold pieces. The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context More results

References in classic literature

Or else, what is much better, I deliver him up to King Charles, who, having no longer either a general or an army to fear, nor a diplomatist to trick him, will restore himself, and when once restored, will pay down to me the hundred thousand crowns in question.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

Didn't I pay down twelve hundred dollars, cash, for all there is inside yer old cussed black shell?

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context

In spite of my riches I shall not, however, give up trade till I have amassed a capital of a hundred thousand drachmas, when, having become a man of much consideration, I shall request the hand of the grand-vizir's daughter, taking care to inform the worthy father that I have heard favourable reports of her beauty and wit, and that I will pay down on our wedding day 3 thousand gold pieces.

The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context

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