Definitions for payoff

Definitions for (noun) payoff

Main entry: payoff, reward, wages

Definition: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

Usage: the wages of sin is death; virtue is its own reward


Main entry: proceeds, return, yield, payoff, take, takings, issue

Definition: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

Usage: the average return was about 5%


Main entry: bribe, payoff

Definition: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment


Main entry: payoff, final payment

Definition: the final payment of a debt


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