pay-off
English
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edit- A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.
- At the current monthly payment level, it'll take 32 more months to reach pay-off.
- A reward.
- What's the pay-off for putting up with her nonsense for ages on end?
- A return on investment.
- How soon could we realistically expect any pay-off from loading up on shares of that company?
- A bribe.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bribe
- The prison break never could have succeeded if it hadn't been for multiple pay-offs to various corrupt officers.
- (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction.
- Where's the pay-off for that whole segment of the plot?
- (baseball) Short for payoff pitch.
- The bases are loaded, so he'd better make the pay-off count.
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edita payment
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a reward
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a bribe
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