Synonyms for payoff
ˈpeɪˌɔf, -ˌɒfpay·off

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1. payoff, final paymentnoun

   the final payment of a debt

   Synonyms:
   issue, take, return, bribe, proceeds, yield, takings, wages, reward, final payment

2. bribe, payoffnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   issue, take, return, bribe, proceeds, yield, takings, wages, reward, final payment

3. return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoffnoun

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

   "the average return was about 5%"

   Synonyms:
   topic, progeny, subject, output, exit, issuing, counter, rejoinder, income tax return, wages, military issue, takings, reward, regaining, final payment, take, publication, egress, government issue, event, upshot, return, comeback, restitution, retort, offspring, riposte, tax return, outlet, reappearance, result, recurrence, return key, coming back, replication, number, outcome, yield, bribe, getting even, emergence, effect, way out, restoration, issue, production, paying back, proceeds, fruit, consequence, matter, homecoming, issuance

4. wages, reward, payoffnoun

   a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

   "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"

   Synonyms:
   issue, return, wages, bribe, yield, reinforcement, advantage, reward, final payment, take, proceeds, takings

Matched Categories

1. • Consequence
   • Income
   • Payment

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1. List of paraphrases for "payoff":

   bribe, reward

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How to use payoff in a sentence?

1. Edouard Lecerf:

   The European question has a way of crystallizing a whole series of discontents about institutions, policies and elites, with a high electoral payoff.

2. United States:

   As alleged, Zottola Sr. set in motion a deadly plot to kill Zottola Sr. father and brother, with Bloods gang members carrying out extreme acts of violence to collect a payoff for the hits.

3. Gabriel Collins:

   For the price of a single drone or fighter jet you could establish multiple university branches, and you would still have the funds to support those over the long haul, it's not an instant payoff for someone who has the impatience of some of our current administration, but if we took a root cause strategy, 10 years from now there would be enormous dividends from that.

4. Nails Inc.:

   These highly pigmented shades provide full-cover payoff and are designed to be worn together for those confident enough to show the world they are living a big, bold, and unrestrained life.

5. Michael Roche:

   If you have been a brave soul holding Venezuela 2016s, you could roll over that money into the next bond that has the greatest upside payoff.