Payoff Common

Payoff has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

the final payment of a debt

"After years of making monthly installments, she finally received her payoff from the bank to clear her mortgage completely."

payoff final payment

payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

"The investigation revealed that the city councilor accepted a substantial payoff from a developer, which led him to approve zoning laws that benefited only the corporation."

bribe payoff

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

"the average return was about 5%"

return issue take takings proceeds yield payoff

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

"the wages of sin is death"

"virtue is its own reward"

wages reward payoff

Alternative spelling of pay-off

"The company decided to proceed with the payoff after receiving all the signed contracts."

Example Sentences

"the average return was about 5%" noun

"the wages of sin is death" noun

"virtue is its own reward" noun