payoff
payoff definition
☆ pay·off (pā′ôf′)
noun
- the act, event, or time of payment
- a settlement or reckoning
- that which is paid off; return: recompense
- Informal a bribe
- Informal something coming as a climax or culmination to a series of events, esp. when unexpected or improbable
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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