Over time, their credit limit is increased, but they do not pay off their debt.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

Then if you fail to pay on the mortgage--pay off the debt -the lender can seize the property and sell it.

然而如果你无法偿还贷款,贷方可以没收这项财产并出售

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

and that can be something that you pay off for a long time.

可能毕业后的很长一段时间内都在偿还欠下的贷款。

拿全额奖学金 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They will have to tell how long and how much it would take to pay off a card if the holder makes only the lowest monthly payment.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Well after that, the bond price went up because people saw that as a sign that the company was tightening its belt and doing things right to have money to pay off the bondholders; so it was self-interested, I suppose--maybe you can ask him about this.

在这之后,债券的价格升高了,因为人们认为降低红利是一个信号,说明公司开始紧缩开支走向正轨,并且去偿付债券持有人,莱德利夫通过这种做法达到利己的目的,我想你们可以就此事向莱德利夫提问

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The FBI says the smugglers often threaten their victims and make it difficult for them to pay off their debts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.24

The other is I take a mortgage, I buy a house, I pay it off, I go into a heavy indebtedness but with a good rational reason and it all works out in the end.

另一种情况是，我分期贷款买了一套房子，我还清了贷款，却债台高筑,这样，于情于理都能说通,而且，最终无事一身轻。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

"None of us know what is going to happen in 2010, and maybe this will all pay off in the future,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

The Fed has these auctions but it auctions them off at what price the public will pay, so the Fed doesn't determine the term structure.

联储局公开拍卖债券,但只有当公众愿意以特定价格支付时,这些债券才能成交,所以联储局不能决定期限结构

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I got it all figured out, too. So many pounds of shrimp will pay off the boat.

VOA: standard.other

I'll have enough, still, in my safe so that I can pay them off.

我仍然有足够的金子,保存在我的保险箱里,所以我能付给他们

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

US approach may not pay off approach may not ultimately pay off.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

So, they created Wall Street Journal Online, which is WSJ.com, and they were trying to make money off of that, but people weren't willing to pay for it.

并且他们创建了《华尔街日报在线》,WSJ.com,尝试从那赚钱,但是人们不愿花钱

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Job creation in the United States is something that small businesses, entrepreneurs and the private sector will do but they cannot do it if they are burdened by a legacy of debt and the prospect of higher taxes to pay off that debt and that is the most troubling aspect of the policies this administration is pursuing,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.05