as in to pay off
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Any reduction in frivolous spending is a win and counts toward your goals of spending less, paying down debt or just decentering your life from material goods.
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Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Do these assets go to paying down debt or to the wealth fund?
—Andy Mills, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
Sovereign wealth funds generally use a nation's reserves and invest the funds to generate returns, which can be used to address deficits, pay down debts or bolster savings.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025
The fund is currently at capacity at about $4 billion, and any money above a statutory cap automatically goes toward paying down pension debt.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
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Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Do these assets go to paying down debt or to the wealth fund?
—Andy Mills, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2025
Sovereign wealth funds generally use a nation's reserves and invest the funds to generate returns, which can be used to address deficits, pay down debts or bolster savings.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025
The fund is currently at capacity at about $4 billion, and any money above a statutory cap automatically goes toward paying down pension debt.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20down. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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