payoff
IPA: pˈeɪɔf
noun
- Alternative spelling of pay-off [A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.]
pay off
IPA: pˈeɪˈɔf
verb
- (transitive, informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- (intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
- (transitive) To pay back; to repay.
- (transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).
- (nautical) To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
pay-off
IPA: pˈeɪɔf
noun
- A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.
- A reward.
- A return on investment.
- A bribe.
- (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction.
- (baseball) Short for payoff pitch. [(baseball, slang) A pitch thrown on a count of three balls and two strikes.]
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