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Entry 6 senses Webster, 1913

payoff

· IPA /pˈeɪˌɔf/
01 n. profit or gain from an action; -- used broadly; as, lots of effort with little payoff.
  1. 1.
    profit or gain from an action; -- used broadly; as, lots of effort with little payoff.
  2. 2.
    retribution, payback.
  3. 3.
    The act of giving or receiving money or other valuable consideration as a bribe.
  4. 4.
    The money or item given as a bribe.
  5. 5.
    same as compensation, 2. See: compensation
  6. 6.
    The climax or final result of an event or endeavor; the denoument of a narrative.
Syn. bribe. — Syn. -- compensation, remuneration, recompense.