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Meanings of payoff in English

Portuguese
rendimento
Catalan
rendiment
Spanish
rendimiento

The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.

      rendimento
      Catalan
      retribució
      Spanish
      pago

      A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.

            retribució
            Portuguese
            dinheiro de suborno
            Catalan
            subornament

            Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.

                  dinheiro de suborno
                  Spanish
                  pago final

                  The final payment of a debt.

                        pago final
                        Usage of payoff in English
                        1
                        She was still far from sure what payoff her gamble would receive.
                        Provenance
                        2
                        They'll think the million dollars was last-minute hush money or a payoff.
                        The abduction
                        3
                        Now she was getting a good payoff-fourtimes what she put in.
                        Cold springs
                        4
                        The payoff came when the company pretended to go location-scouting in Iran.
                        Wired
                        5
                        For companies that hit the right tone, the payoff can be huge.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        But it doesn't quite earn the emotional payoff that it conspicuously seeks.
                        The Irish Times
                        7
                        Even the expensive colleges cost only a fraction of their ultimate payoff.
                        Reuters
                        8
                        The picture's baffling swerves do nothing to deflate its final emotional payoff.
                        The Irish Times
                        9
                        If he fails to arrest the company's decline, the payoff will evaporate.
                        Reuters
                        10
                        It's a huge gamble, but the payoff is unprecedented economies of scale.
                        Wired
                        11
                        If it isn't, hunt for additional income to jump-start the debt payoff.
                        Reuters
                        12
                        Maybe he'd find some golden nugget that would warrant the hundred-thousand-dollar payoff.
                        The capitol game
                        13
                        The harder you hustle, the bigger the payoff when it does arrive.
                        The Irish Times
                        14
                        The word on the street is that a big payoff is missing.
                        When twilight comes
                        15
                        Create a debt payoff plan and make the necessary changes to your budget.
                        Ebony
                        16
                        Therefore, the payoff of two individuals using the same strategy can be different.
                        Pubmed
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                        Translations for payoff
                        Payoff through the time
                        Payoff across language varieties
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        United Kingdom
                        Less common