pay-off

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Synonyms: pay, gay, play, pat, pap, pan, bay, lay, fay, pad, ply

Antonyms: pay, gay, play, pat, pap, pan, bay, lay, fay, pad, ply

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|payment in full}} A [[payment]] [[in full]]; the state of having been paid in full.
2. {{senseid|en|reward}} A [[reward]].
3. {{senseid|en|return on investment}} A [[return on investment]].
4. {{senseid|en|bribe}} {{lb|en|informal}} A [[bribe]].
5. {{senseid|en|resolution or justification}} {{lb|en|colloquial|especially|fiction}} A [[resolution]] or [[justification]] of an event that has already occurred.
6. {{senseid|en|type of pitch in baseball}} {{lb|en|baseball}} {{ellipsis of|en|payoff pitch}}.

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