'payoff' definitions:
Definition of 'payoff'
(from WordNet)
noun
The final payment of a debt [syn: payoff, final payment]
noun
Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment [syn: bribe, payoff]
noun
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, payoff]
noun
Definition of 'payoff'
From: GCIDE
- payoff \payoff\ n.
- 1. profit or gain from an action; -- used broadly; as, lots of effort with little payoff. [PJC]
- 2. retribution, payback. [PJC]
- 3. The act of giving or receiving money or other valuable consideration as a bribe.
- Syn: bribe. [PJC]
- 4. The money or item given as a bribe. [PJC]
- 5. same as compensation 2.
- Syn: compensation, remuneration, recompense. [PJC]
- 6. The climax or final result of an event or endeavor; the denoument of a narrative. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'payoff'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquitment,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- amortization,
- amortizement,
- apodosis,
- binder,
- bitter end,
- boodle,
- bribe,
- bribe money,
- cash,
- cash payment,
- catastrophe,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- clearance,
- climax,
- coda,
- completion,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- crack of doom,
- culmination,
- curtain,
- curtains,
- death,
- debt service,
- decease,
- defrayal,
- defrayment,
- denouement,
- deposit,
- destination,
- destiny,
- disbursal,
- discharge,
- doling out,
- doom,
- down payment,
- earnest,
- earnest money,
- effect,
- end,
- end point,
- end result,
- ending,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- eschatology,
- expiration,
- fate,
- final result,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- goal,
- gratification,
- gratuity,
- hire purchase,
- hire purchase plan,
- hush money,
- installment,
- installment plan,
- interest payment,
- izzard,
- last,
- last act,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last words,
- latter end,
- liquidation,
- monthly payments,
- never-never,
- omega,
- paying,
- paying off,
- paying out,
- paying up,
- payment,
- payment in kind,
- payola,
- period,
- peroration,
- prepayment,
- protection,
- quarterly payments,
- quietus,
- quittance,
- regular payments,
- remittance,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- retirement,
- satisfaction,
- settlement,
- sinking-fund payment,
- sop,
- spot cash,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- swan song,
- term,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- weekly payments,
- windup,
- Z