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n. Full payment of a salary or wages.

n. The time of such payment.

n. Informal A final settlement or reckoning.

n. Informal The climax of a narrative or sequence of events.

n. Final retribution or revenge.

n. Informal A bribe.

n. Alternative spelling of pay-off.

n. profit or gain from an action; -- used broadly.

n. retribution, payback.

n. The act of giving or receiving money or other valuable consideration as a bribe.

n. The money or item given as a bribe.

n. same as compensation 2.

n. The climax or final result of an event or endeavor; the denoument of a narrative.

v. pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

v. pay off (loans or promissory notes)

v. take vengeance on or get even

v. yield a profit or result

v. do or give something to somebody in return

v. eliminate by paying off (debts)

n. the final payment of a debt

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

n. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

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

"It was necessary to continue the program and now it appears, the payoff is at hand."

grease one's palms    buy    corrupt    bribe    pay    get even    get back    bear    yield    settle   

layoff    playoff   

valuation    volatility    payout    allocation    probability    premium    dividend    outcome    earnings    portfolio