avbetale
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
av + betale, first part av (“of, from, by, off”), from Old Norse af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Last part betale (“pay, purchase”), from Middle Low German betalen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːʋbɛtɑːlə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːlə
- Hyphenation: av‧be‧ta‧le
Verb
avbetale (imperative avbetal, present tense avbetaler, passive avbetales, simple past avbetalte, past participle avbetalt, present participle avbetalende, verbal noun avbetaling)
- (nautical, transitive) to give a (financial) settlement or salary; pay off
- avbetale mannskapet
- pay off the crew
- (transitive) to pay interest and installments (on a sum you owe)
- avbetale på et lån
- pay off a loan
- 1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 37:
- hvormeget har du nu på den vis kunnet afbetale?
- how much have you been able to pay off in this way?
- 1954, Agnar Mykle, Lasso rundt fru Luna, page 425:
- hvis han ikke avbetaler noe kontant, vil den nye vekselens beløp øke fra gang til gang, med renter og omkostninger
- if he does not pay anything in cash, the amount of the new bill will increase from time to time, with interest and costs
- 1990, Finn Benestad, Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, Johan Svendsen, page 183:
- hver måned [var gasjen] blitt brukt til å avbetale gjeld hos en rekke långivere
- each month [the gas] had been used to pay off debts with a number of lenders
References
- “avbetale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “avbetale” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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