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Definition pay down in American English

pay down phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to pay a debt (=an amount of money you owe) in small amounts over a long period of time

Example

Should we use the surplus to cut taxes or to pay down the national debt?

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Definition pay down in American English