gỡ nợ
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Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To get clear of one's debts; to pay off a debt: To settle or clear a financial obligation, freeing oneself from debt.
- To extricate oneself from a debt: To manage to resolve a situation of owing money.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Anh ấy đã làm việc cật lực để gỡ nợ. (He worked tirelessly to get clear of his debts.)
- Công ty đang tìm cách gỡ nợ trước cuối năm. (The company is looking for a way to pay off its debt before the end of the year.)
- Kế hoạch gỡ nợ của họ khá khả thi. (Their debt repayment plan is quite feasible.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase "gỡ nợ" is often used in financial, business, or personal contexts to describe the process of debt resolution. It implies an active effort to become debt-free.
- It can be used metaphorically in informal contexts to mean "to repay a favor" or "to settle a non-monetary obligation," though this is an extended meaning.
- Lần này tôi giúp anh, lần sau anh phải gỡ nợ đấy nhé. (I'll help you this time, you'll have to return the favor next time.)
Variants and Related Words
- Trả nợ (verb phrase): To repay a debt. (A more direct synonym for the act of paying back money.)
- Thanh toán nợ (verb phrase): To settle a debt. (Emphasizes the finalization of the payment.)
- Xóa nợ (verb phrase): To cancel or write off a debt. (Focuses on the debt being erased, often by the creditor.)
- Gánh nợ (verb phrase): To shoulder/be burdened with debt. (The opposite state of being in debt.)
Synonyms
- Clear a debt: To settle what is owed.
- Pay off a debt: To finish repaying money that was borrowed.
- Settle one's debts: To resolve all outstanding financial obligations.
- Liquidate a debt: To pay a debt in full (more formal/business term).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Gỡ bỏ (verb): To remove, to untangle. (Shares the root "gỡ" meaning to disentangle or remove.)
- Gỡ bỏ khó khăn (To remove difficulties).
- Gỡ rối (verb phrase): To untangle a mess, to solve a complicated problem.
- Nhờ anh ấy đến gỡ rối tình hình. (We need him to come and sort out the situation.)
Related Idioms
- "Gỡ thế bí": To find a way out of a deadlock or a tight spot. This idiom uses "gỡ" in the sense of extricating oneself from a difficult, non-financial situation.
- Cuối cùng họ cũng tìm được cách gỡ thế bí. (They finally found a way to get out of the tight spot.)
- "Nợ như chúa Chổm": A Vietnamese idiom meaning "to be deeply in debt," often used humorously. "Gỡ nợ" would be the desired action for someone in this state.
- Get clear of one's debts