payoff (n.)

  1. the final payment of a debt

    [ Syn: final payment ]

  2. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

    [ Syn: bribe ]

  3. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the average return was about 5%

    [ Syn: return , issue , take , takings , proceeds , yield ]

  4. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; the wages of sin is death; virtue is its own reward

    [ Syn: wages , reward ]

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