pay off a debt
pay back a debt

Maybe they were paying off a debt somehow or other.

Remember that paying off a debt removes money from the economy.

Who in their right mind pays off a debt ahead of schedule?

I know what kind of pressure you can bring on someone inside the box to make his family pay off a debt."

"Could she have paid off a debt or posted bail for someone?"

But he is still paying off a debt of about $2 million from that campaign.

One must say that it does so by providing a price sufficient to pay off a debt of sin before God.

Think of karma as paying off a debt or balancing an action.

He was just a stranger paying off a debt.

This portfolio is in liquidation (being sold to pay off a debt).

Every time he gave her money in this fashion, Geoffrey felt like a man who has paid off a debt of honour.

They have found that it is difficult to raise funds to pay off a debt, particularly for someone who is no longer a candidate.

He's just some jerk who tried to find a quick way to pay off a debt and keep his kneecaps intact.

He sells the car in order to raise £2,000 to pay off a debt to an Indian businessman.

If a player does not have enough cash to pay off a debt, that player is bankrupt.

I am paying off a debt to myself."

I would wonder why my life is being wasted working to pay off a debt I didn't create or benefit from.

He banned forced marriages of all kinds and the selling of one's wife to pay off a debt.

"Let's just say I'm paying off a debt."

He gave her expensive gifts over a period of time and then eventually told her he needed to pay off a debt to someone.

At one point soon after founding her store, she sold every appliance and piece of furniture in her home to pay off a debt.

Amortization refers to the process of paying off a debt (often from a loan or mortgage) over time through regular payments.

Brax dealt with his grief by cage-fighting, which he started doing to pay off a debt.

When a court orders a wage garnishment, an employer withholds money from an employee's paycheck in order to pay off a debt.

Today, slaves may work because of things like a high debt (for example, slaves have to work to pay off a debt).