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View synonyms for pay off
pay off
verb
- tr, adverb to pay all that is due in wages, etc, and discharge from employment
- tr, adverb to pay the complete amount of (a debt, bill, etc)
- intr, adverb to turn out to be profitable, effective, etc
the gamble paid off
- tr, adverborintr, preposition to take revenge on (a person) or for (a wrong done)
to pay someone off for an insult
- informal.tr, adverb to give a bribe to
- intr, adverb nautical (of a vessel) to make leeway
noun
- the final settlement, esp in retribution
the payoff came when the gang besieged the squealer's house
- informal.the climax, consequence, or outcome of events, a story, etc, esp when unexpected or improbable
- the final payment of a debt, salary, etc
- the time of such a payment
- informal.a bribe
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Example Sentences
The pay-off for Boehner arrived when it was time to vote by secret ballot on the leadership for the 112th Congress.
From The Daily Beast
We've done everything we could think of, but there's no pay-off.
From Project Gutenberg
The money which was stolen yesterday was for the pay-off to-day.
From Project Gutenberg
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