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Pay Off Your Mortgage in Two Years — is a television programme first aired on BBC2 in Early 2006. Its follow up series Did They Pay Off Their Mortgage in Two Years? began airing in January 2007. Presented by business expert René Carayol, the programme is an experiment that aims to… …   Wikipedia

pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has …   Dictionary of American idioms

pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has …   Dictionary of American idioms

pay off — vt 1: to pay (a debt or credit) in full the loan was paid off 2: bribe Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

pay off something — pay off (something) to pay all of a debt. It took her six years to pay off her student loan. I guess I can afford a new car, but it s a lot of money and it s not easy to pay it off …   New idioms dictionary

pay off — (something) to pay all of a debt. It took her six years to pay off her student loan. I guess I can afford a new car, but it s a lot of money and it s not easy to pay it off …   New idioms dictionary

Pay-off-Periode — Pay off Pe|ri|o|de [pei ɔf...] die; , en <aus gleichbed. engl. pay off period zu to pay off »entlohnen, abbezahlen, tilgen«> Amortisationsdauer bei der Investitionsrechnung (Wirtsch.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

pay-off — s.m.inv. ES ingl. 1. TS pubbl. frase finale di un annuncio o di un comunicato pubblicitario che riassume ed evidenzia il messaggio di vendita del prodotto 2. TS econ. risultato economico di un operazione 3. TS sport obiettivo che si intende… …   Dizionario italiano

Pay-off-Period —   [peɪ ɔf pɪərɪəd, englisch] die, / s, Pay back Period [ bæk , englisch], bei der Investitionsrechnung die Amortisationsdauer (Amortisation) …   Universal-Lexikon

pay off — ► pay off 1) dismiss with a final payment. 2) informal yield good results. Main Entry: ↑pay …   English terms dictionary

pay|off — «PAY F, OF», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act of paying wages. 2. the time of such payment. 3. a) the returns, as from an enterprise or specific action; result: »You will see the payoff immediately…without need for specially trained operators… …   Useful english dictionary