payoff
n.
settlement of debts; bribe
Payoff
payoff
Noun
1. the final payment of a debt
(synonym) final payment
(hypernym) payment
2. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
(synonym) bribe
(hypernym) payment
(hyponym) hush money
3. the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
(synonym) return, issue, proceeds, take, takings, yield
(hypernym) income
(hyponym) economic rent, rent
4. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
(synonym) wages, reward
(hypernym) consequence, aftermath
Payoff
the results of an advertising campaign.
payoff
Synonyms and related words:
Z, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, amortization, amortizement, apodosis, binder, bitter end, boodle, bribe, bribe money, cash, cash payment, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, clearance, climax, coda, completion, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, debt service, decease, defrayal, defrayment, denouement, deposit, destination, destiny, disbursal, discharge, doling out, doom, down payment, earnest, earnest money, effect, end, end point, end result, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, expiration, fate, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, goal, gratification, gratuity, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, hush money, installment, installment plan, interest payment, izzard, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, liquidation, monthly payments, never-never, omega, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payola, period, peroration, prepayment, protection, quarterly payments, quietus, quittance, regular payments, remittance, resolution, resting place, retirement, satisfaction, settlement, sinking-fund payment, sop, spot cash, stoppage, stopping place, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, weekly payments, windup
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.