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Payoff   /pˈeɪˌɔf/   Listen
Payoff

noun
1.
The final payment of a debt.  Synonym: final payment.
2.
Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.  Synonym: bribe.
3.
The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.  Synonyms: issue, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield.
4.
A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.  Synonyms: reward, wages.  "Virtue is its own reward"





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"Payoff" Quotes from Famous Books



... go; I shall return some other time." And the duke went away, promising to payoff ...
— Chicot the Jester - [An abridged translation of "La dame de Monsoreau"] • Alexandre Dumas
... the payoff started and continued unabated for quite a period of time. First we settled in full with the late proprietors of them defunct peanut-roasting machines; and then the owner of the wrecked fruitstore, and ...
— From Place to Place • Irvin S. Cobb
... as I went for the big payoff. It was dreary at the totalizer windows. I was one of a scant handful who had bet on Tapwater, so it took no time at all to scoop into the valise I had brought along the seventy thousand bucks in crisp, green lettuce which an awed teller passed across the ...
— Lighter Than You Think • Nelson Bond


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