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Meaning of payoff

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  payoff
      n 1: the final payment of a debt [syn: {payoff}, {final
           payment}]
      2: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt
         his judgment [syn: {bribe}, {payoff}]
      3: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the
         sale of land or other property; "the average return was about
         5%" [syn: {return}, {issue}, {take}, {takings}, {proceeds},
         {yield}, {payoff}]
      4: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing;
         "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward" [syn:
         {wages}, {reward}, {payoff}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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