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1. The final payment of a debt
   - final payment
    
2. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
   - bribe, backhander [Brit, informal], bung [Brit, informal], kickback [informal]
    
3. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
   "the average payoff was about 5%";
   - return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield
    
4. A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
   "the payoff of sin is death";
   - wages, reward

1. Yield a profit or result
   "His efforts finally paid off"
    
2. Eliminate by paying off (debts)
   - liquidate
    
3. Pay off (loans or promissory notes)
   - redeem
    
4. Do or give something to somebody in return
   - pay, make up, compensate
    
5. (crime) pay someone with influence in order to receive a favour
   - buy off
    
6. Take vengeance on or get even
   - pay back, get, fix [informal]

Derived forms: paid off, paying off, payoffs, pays off

See also: pay

Type of: aftermath, ante up, bear, bribe, buy, consequence, corrupt, get back, get even, grease the palm of, income, pay, pay up, payment, settle, yield

Encyclopedia: Payoff