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    PAYOFF

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoingplay

    Example:

    virtue is its own reward

    Synonyms:

    payoff; reward; wages

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("payoff" is a kind of...):

    aftermath; consequence (the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Example:

    the average return was about 5%

    Synonyms:

    issue; payoff; proceeds; return; take; takings; yield

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("payoff" is a kind of...):

    income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "payoff"):

    economic rent; rent (the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions)

    payback (financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment))

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgmentplay

    Synonyms:

    bribe; payoff

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("payoff" is a kind of...):

    payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "payoff"):

    hush money (a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret)

    kickback (a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction)

    payola (a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record)

    soap (money offered as a bribe)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    The final payment of a debtplay

    Synonyms:

    final payment; payoff

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("payoff" is a kind of...):

    payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

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