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payoff in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
    bribe  payoff 
  2. the final payment of a debt
    payoff  final payment 
  3. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
    "the average return was about 5%"
    return  issue  take  takings  proceeds  yield  payoff 
  4. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
    "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
    wages  reward  payoff 
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payoff in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (alternative spelling of/pay-off)
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