2PHRASAL VERB 还清债务;用钱打发 If you pay off someone, you give them the amount of money that you owe them or that they are asking for, so that they will not take action against you or cause you any trouble. 还清债务;用钱打发 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
...his bid to raise funds to pay off his creditors. [VERBPREP. noun]
他为还清债款而努力筹集资金
In societies where corruption is endemic, decision-making is slowed as more politicians and officials have to be paid off. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]