Akademik

payoff

noun

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

• Syn: ↑bribe

• Derivationally related forms: ↑bribe (for: ↑bribe)

• Hypernyms: ↑payment

• Hyponyms: ↑hush money, ↑kickback, ↑payola, ↑soap

2. the final payment of a debt

• Hypernyms: ↑payment

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

- the average return was about 5%

• Syn: ↑return, ↑issue, ↑take, ↑takings, ↑proceeds, ↑yield

• Derivationally related forms: ↑yield (for: ↑yield), ↑take (for: ↑take), ↑return (for: ↑return)

• Hypernyms: ↑income

• Hyponyms: ↑economic rent, ↑rent, ↑payback

4. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

- the wages of sin is death

- virtue is its own reward

• Syn: ↑wages, ↑reward

• Derivationally related forms: ↑reward (for: ↑reward)

• Hypernyms: ↑consequence, ↑aftermath

Useful english dictionary. 2012.