pay-off

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 (zh), 还清 (zh) (huánqīng), Danish: udbytte Finnish: maksu (fi)

French: rétribution (fr) 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 (zh), 报酬 (zh) (bàochóu), 獎勵 (zh), 奖励 (zh) (jiǎnglì) Danish: belønning n Dutch: beloning (nl) f Finnish: palkkio (fi)

French: récompense (fr) 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 (zh), 贿赂 (zh) (huìlù) Danish: bestikkelse Finnish: lahjus (fi) French: pot-de-vin (fr) m

Polish: łapówka (pl) f Portuguese: suborno (pt) m Romanian: mită (ro) f Russian: взя́тка (ru) f (vzjátka) Spanish: soborno (es) m