paid off

simple past and past participle of pay off

(informal, transitive) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
(intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
(transitive) To pay back; to repay.
(transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
(transitive) To pay and discharge (an employee).
To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.