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