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   pay off

   • ▪ (of a course of action) yield good results; succeed
   • ▪ pay a debt in full
   • ▪ dismiss someone with a final payment
   • ▪ pay someone a bribe

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   What does pay off mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PAY OFF definition: 1. If something you have done pays off, it is successful: 2. to pay back money that you owe: 3…. Learn more.

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   What do you mean by pay off a debt?

   • 1. To pay the full amount on (a debt). 2. To result in profit or advantage; succeed: Your efforts will eventually pay off. 3. To pay the wages due to (an employee) upon discharge. 4. To pay (a plaintiff) to settle a lawsuit out of court. 5. To bribe. 6. Nautical To turn or cause to turn (a vessel) to leeward. 1. To give (money) out; spend. 2.

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   What is a payoff from an action?

   • The payoff from an action is the advantage or benefit that you get from it. The payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous. 3 meanings: 1. a benefit or advantage 2. a payment or bribe 3. money paid to an employee who has been made redundant, etc.... Click for more definitions.

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   What is a payoff play?

   • a settlement or reckoning, as in retribution or reward. Informal. a bribe. The payoff play was the long pass into the end zone. to pay (someone) everything that is due that person, especially to do so and discharge from one's employ. to pay (a debt) in full. Informal. to bribe. to retaliate upon or punish; pay back. The risk paid off handsomely.

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   PAY OFF definition: 1. If something you have done pays off, it is successful: 2. to pay back money that you owe: 3…. Learn more.

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     PAY OFF meaning: 1. If something you have done pays off, it...

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     PAY OFF definicja: 1. If something you have done pays off,...

   • Pay Off in Traditional Chinese

     PAY OFF translate: 取得成功，得到好結果, 還清（欠款）, 付清工資後遣散（某人）,...

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     PAY OFF translate: يُكافئ. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Pay Off in Italian

     PAY OFF translate: avere successo, rendere bene, licenziare,...

   • Pay Off in Spanish

     PAY OFF translate: dar buenos resultados, saldar algo,...

   • Portuguese Translation

     PAY OFF translate: valer a pena, compensar, saldar algo,...

   • Pay Off in Japanese

     PAY OFF translate: （努力の）甲斐(かい）がある , （苦労が）報われる, 完済（かんさい）する,...

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   If you pay off someone, you give them the amount of money that you owe them or that they are asking for, so that they will not take action against you or cause you any trouble.

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   PAYOFF definition: 1. the result of a set of actions, or an explanation at the end of something: 2. money paid to…. Learn more.

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   pay· off ˈpā-ˌȯf. Synonyms of payoff. 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.

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   1. the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc. 2. the time at which such payment is made. 3. the consequence, outcome, or final sequence in a series of events, actions, or circumstances. The payoff was when they fired him. 4. informal. the climax of something, esp. a story or joke.

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   noun. the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc. the time at which such payment is made. the consequence, outcome, or final sequence in a series of events, actions, or circumstances: The payoff was when they fired him. Synonyms: finale, upshot, climax.

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   1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (tr, adverb) to pay all that is due in wages, etc, and discharge from employment. 2. (Banking & Finance) (tr, adverb) to pay the complete amount of (a debt, bill, etc) 3. (intr, adverb) to turn out to be profitable, effective, etc: the gamble paid off.