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pay·off
(pā′ôf′, -ŏf′)n.
1. The return on an investment.
2. The discharge of a debt or obligation.
3. The benefit gained as the result of a previous action.
4. The climax of a narrative or sequence of events.
5. An amount paid to a plaintiff to settle a lawsuit out of court.
6. A bribe.
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pay•off
(ˈpeɪˌɔf, -ˌɒf)n.
1. the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
2. the time at which such payment is made.
3. Informal. the outcome of a series of events or circumstances; climax.
4. a settlement or reckoning, as in retribution or reward.
5. Informal. bribe.
[1910–15]
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Noun | 1. | payoff - the final payment of a debt payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged |
2. | payoff - payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged hush money - a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret kickback - a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction payola - a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record soap - money offered as a bribe | |
3. | payoff - the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time economic rent, rent - the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions payback - financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) | |
4. | payoff - a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward" aftermath, consequence - the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual |
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payoff
noun
1. bribe, incentive, cut (informal), payment, sweetener (informal), bung (Brit. informal), inducement, kick-back (informal), backhander (informal), hush money (informal) payoffs from drugs exporters
2. settlement, payment, reward, payout, recompense a $1m divorce payoff
3. (Informal) outcome, result, consequence, conclusion, climax, finale, culmination, the crunch (informal), upshot, moment of truth, clincher (informal), punch line The payoff of the novel is patently predictable.
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payoff
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Translations
payoff
[ˈpeɪɒf] N1. (= payment) → pago m; [of debt] → liquidación f (total)
2. (= reward) → recompensa f, beneficios mpl
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
payoff
pay-off [ˈpeɪɒf] n (to potential trouble-maker) → pot-de-vin m
(to employee) → grosse prime f de départpay offer n → augmentation f proposée
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
payoff
[ˈpeɪˌɒf] n (fam) (payment) → saldo; (reward) → ricompensa; (retribution) → resa dei conti; (of joke) → finale mCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995