Thesaurus results for PAY DOWN

pay down

verb

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as in to pay off

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Recent Examples on the Web This money can now be used to build up your emergency fund or pay down debt. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024 Savings from the various budget controls are supposed to be kept until the fiscal year ends and then used to increase the budget reserve, or rainy day fund, and to pay down Connecticut’s massive pension debt, which exceeded $37 billion entering 2024. —

Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024 During the second quarter the company paid down $1.8 billion in debt. —

Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024 The second largest group will be people who have been paying down their loans for 20 years or more, but still haven’t paid it off. —

Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for pay down

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