Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - payoff
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Payoff
payoff
~ n informal 1 a payment that you make to someone in order to stop them from causing you any trouble, or when you make them leave their job (A network of police payoffs was discovered. | The redundancies were bought by offering massive payoffs.) 2 the good result of a particular series of actions (- see also pay off pay1)
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also pay-off (payoffs) 1. The payoff from an action is the advantage or benefit that you get from it. If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous... N-COUNT: oft N from n 2. A payoff is a payment which is made to someone, often secretly or illegally, so that they will not cause trouble. Soldiers in both countries supplement their incomes with payoffs from drugs exporters. N-COUNT: oft N from n 3. A payoff is a large payment made to someone by their employer when the person has been forced to leave their job. The ousted chairman received a ?1.5 million payoff from the loss-making oil company. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Date: 1905 1. a. profit, reward b. retribution 2. the act or occasion of receiving money or material gain especially as compensation or as a bribe 3. the climax of an incident or enterprise; specifically the denouement of a narrative 4. a decisive fact or factor resolving a situation or bringing about a definitive conclusion II. adjective Date: 1932 yielding results in the final test ; decisive ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
1) выигрыш 2) выплата 3) платеж - average payoff - bilinear payoff - competitive payoff - continuous payoff - convex payoff - effective payoff - expected payoff - integral payoff - maximin payoff - payoff array - payoff configuration - payoff distribution - payoff function - payoff functional - payoff kernel - payoff matrix - payoff polygon - payoff structure - payoff table - payoff vector - terminal payoff ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
5.
{n.} Culmination point; climax. * /After many months of patient labor on your book, the payoff comes when you see the first printed copy./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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