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:

   We often see that in European elections or votes about Europe, opponents of The EU have a greater capacity to mobilize than supporters, the European question has a way of crystallizing a whole series of discontents about institutions, policies and elites, with a high electoral payoff.

2. 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.

3. Casey Lu Simon-Plumb:

   You don't have to kill yourself doing it if there's no payoff.

4. James Scott:

   Real cybersecurity means that your Security Operations team is consistently pen testing your network with the same stealth and sophistication as the Russian nation state, the same desperation as China’s 13th Five Year Plan, the same inexhaustible energy of the Cyber Caliphate and the same greed and ambition for monetary payoff as a seasoned cyber-criminal gang.

5. 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.