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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
Synonyms
Examples for "final payment"
Examples for "final payment"
1
They did not get the final payment until the project was done.
Reuters
2
I'll give you your final payment and then be on my wa-
End of Watch
3
To give me the final payment and get out of my life.
End of Watch
4
The final payment in the current, third, bailout will be made next year.
Radio NZ
5
The final payment would, in different cases, fall upon different persons.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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