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

payoff Usage Examples

Possessives

sucker: This results in the two strategies alternating between receiving the maximum payoff and the sucker's payoff.

Converse of object

expect: The shooter's aim is to maximize his expected payoff, G aims to minimize the same quantity.
receive: An agent neither giving nor getting help in any of the 4 support games with his neighbors receives the payoff: .
get: To get this payoff, you pay an upfront sum called an option " premium " .
offer: NBA Slots What is the difference between watching the The wheels differ in slots count and payoffs offered for each sector.
give: Improved seals would give a large payoff in fuel savings.
have: Being the first to claim the status of an IE has a huge payoff.

Adjective modifier

exaggerated: Have the second exaggerated payoffs for more damaging to don't deny your.
flush: Out of the flush payoffs mean touring the eight.
collective: As a result, the collective payoff deteriorates, reaching the zero level around generation 120.
emotional: So the expected emotional payoff loses its importance as the central truth of the novel is finally revealed.
average: Average payoff per agent per game for different length of history.
immediate: In Calcutta, now the party center, a modest foothold in the textile mills outside Calcutta was gained, but without immediate payoff.

Modifies a noun

Noun used with modifier

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