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US
/ˈpeɪˌɔf/
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[ UK /pˈeɪɒf/ ]
[ UK /pˈeɪɒf/ ]
NOUN
- the final payment of a debt
- payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
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the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
the average return was about 5% -
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
virtue is its own reward
the wages of sin is death
How To Use payoff In A Sentence
- Payoffs and kickbacks and cheating and lying to the public are a way of life.
- Sometimes for comic effect — loved how Santana's hilariously torchy "Trouty Mouth" ode to Sam was briefly trending on Twitter — but more frequently for overdue emotional payoff, because as Mr. Shue says, "The greatest songs are about hurt. Matt's TV Week in Review
- She stomped her way through Bruch's violin concerto last year to little payoff. Stomp me if you've heard this one before
- A NATIONAL DISGRACE: £1.5 million payoff for 8 parly bosses A NATIONAL DISGRACE: £1.5 million payoff for 8 parly bosses
- With electric cars there is a big environmental payoff.
- Such support was pivotal in conjunction with vetoes threatened and vetoes cast, even if the payoff was not instantaneous.
- Most rewarding are seemingly unrelated stories, like Toby's impending fatherhood, that end up having a poignant payoff within the cliffhanger ending of the season.
- It also means that the trifecta payoffs at that track are likely to be smaller than average, due to larger numbers of bettors splitting the pools.
- In keeping with the genre's established recipe, most of its skits are more like comedy rituals than sketches, in that the payoffs usually involve the anticipated repetition of catchphrases.
- One of the payoffs was an increase in productivity.
