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Payoff   /pˈeɪˌɔf/   Listen
noun
payoff  n.  
1.
Profit or gain from an action; used broadly; as, lots of effort with little payoff.
2.
Retribution, payback.
3.
The act of giving or receiving money or other valuable consideration as a bribe.
Synonyms: bribe.
4.
The money or item given as a bribe.
5.
Same as compensation 2.
Synonyms: compensation, remuneration, recompense.
6.
The climax or final result of an event or endeavor; the denoument of a narrative.





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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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