pay-off

See also: payoff and pay off

English

Alternative forms

• payoff

Etymology

pay +‎ off

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.ɒf/, American: IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.ɔːf/

Noun

pay-off (plural pay-offs)

1. A payment.
2. A reward.
3. A bribe.
4. (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction.

Translations

a payment

• Catalan: retribució f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 付清 (zh) (fùqīng), 還清／还清 (zh) (huánqīng), 还清 (zh) (huánqīng),

• Danish: udbytte
• Finnish: maksu (fi)
• French: rétribution (fr) f
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• German: Auszahlung (de) f
• Portuguese: pagamento (pt) m
• Romanian: plată (ro) f, retribuție (ro) f
• Russian: платёж (ru) m (platjóž), вы́плата (ru) f (výplata), пла́та (ru) f (pláta)
• Spanish: pago (es) m

a reward

• Catalan: recompensa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 報酬／报酬 (zh) (bàochóu), 报酬 (zh) (bàochóu), 獎勵／奖励 (zh) (jiǎnglì), 奖励 (zh) (jiǎnglì)

• Danish: belønning n
• Dutch: beloning (nl) f
• Finnish: palkkio (fi)
• French: récompense (fr) f
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• German: Ausgleichszahlung f
• Icelandic: vinningur (is) m
• Portuguese: recompensa (pt) f
• Romanian: răsplată (ro) f
• Russian: вознагражде́ние (ru) n (voznagraždénije)
• Spanish: recompensa (es) f, retribución (es) f

a bribe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賄賂／贿赂 (zh) (huìlù), 贿赂 (zh) (huìlù)

• Danish: bestikkelse
• Finnish: lahjus (fi)
• French: pot-de-vin (fr) m
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• German: Schmiergeld (de) n, Schmiergeldzahlung f, Bestechungsgeld (de) n
• Polish: łapówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: suborno (pt) m
• Romanian: mită (ro) f
• Russian: взя́тка (ru) f (vzjátka)
• Spanish: soborno (es) m