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payoff definition

☆ pay·off (pā′ôf′)

noun

  1. the act, event, or time of payment
  2. a settlement or reckoning
  3. that which is paid off; return: recompense
  4. Informal a bribe
  5. 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.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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