as in to pay off
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Recent Examples of pay down
The money the companies made by scrapping vehicles did not even go toward paying down fines, meaning that people lost their cars and still owed the city hundreds or thousands of dollars.
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Will Aronin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Differing amounts, but a tariff which will direct hundreds of billions of dollars and even trillions of dollars into our treasury to strengthen our economy and pay down debt.
—Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Set clear goals for financial stability, pay down debt by prioritizing a debt repayment strategy, and rebuild savings.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Trump predicted the tariffs would bring in hundreds of billions of dollars – perhaps trillions of dollars – into the US Treasury, which would help pay down America’s massive debt and his planned tax cuts.
—David Goldman, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Will Aronin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Differing amounts, but a tariff which will direct hundreds of billions of dollars and even trillions of dollars into our treasury to strengthen our economy and pay down debt.
—Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
Set clear goals for financial stability, pay down debt by prioritizing a debt repayment strategy, and rebuild savings.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Trump predicted the tariffs would bring in hundreds of billions of dollars – perhaps trillions of dollars – into the US Treasury, which would help pay down America’s massive debt and his planned tax cuts.
—David Goldman, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20down. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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