pay-off

English

Alternative forms

• payoff

Etymology

Compound of pay and off.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpeɪ.ɒf/, American: IPA: /ˈpeɪ.ɔːf/
• Hyphenation: pay‧off

Noun

pay-off (plural pay-offs)

1. A payment.
2. A reward.
3. A bribe.

Translations

a payment

• Catalan: retribució (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 付清 (cmn), 还清 (cmn)

• Danish: Udbytte (da)

• Finnish: maksu (fi)
• French: rétribution (fr)
• Romanian: plată (ro) f, retribuție (ro) f

a reward

• Catalan: recompensa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 报酬 (cmn), 奖励 (cmn)

• Danish: Belønning (da) n
• Dutch: beloning (nl) f

• Finnish: palkkio (fi)
• French: récompense (fr)
• Icelandic: vinningur (is) m
• Romanian: răsplată (ro) f

a bribe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 贿赂 (cmn)

• Danish: Bestikkelse (da)

• Finnish: lahjus (fi)
• French: pot-de-vin (fr)
• Polish: łapówka (pl) f
• Romanian: mită (ro) f