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Definitions for Payoff

[1] the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
[2] the time at which such payment is made.
[3] the consequence, outcome, or final sequence in a series of events, actions, or circumstances: The payoff was when they fired him.
[4] Informal . the climax of something, especially a story or joke.
[5] a settlement or reckoning, as in retribution or reward.
[6] Informal . a bribe.
[7] yielding results, especially rewarding or decisive results: The payoff play was the long pass into the end zone.

Words related to Payoff

consequence, outcome, reward, payment, settlement, retribution, culmination, pay, finale, clincher, result, upshot, adjustment, judgment

Words nearby Payoff

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Origin of Payoff

First recorded in 1910–15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase pay off

Synonyms for Payoff

consequence, outcome, payment, reward, settlement, adjustment, clincher, culmination, finale, judgment, pay, result, retribution, upshot, day of reckoning, final reckoning, moment of truth, punch line