Synonyms for payoff
ˈpeɪˌɔf, -ˌɒfpay·off

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1. payoff, final paymentnoun

   the final payment of a debt

   Synonyms:
   issue, take, return, bribe, proceeds, yield, takings, wages, reward, final payment

2. bribe, payoffnoun

   payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

   Synonyms:
   issue, take, return, bribe, proceeds, yield, takings, wages, reward, final payment

3. return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoffnoun

   the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

   "the average return was about 5%"

   Synonyms:
   topic, progeny, subject, output, exit, issuing, counter, rejoinder, income tax return, wages, military issue, takings, reward, regaining, final payment, take, publication, egress, government issue, event, upshot, return, comeback, restitution, retort, offspring, riposte, tax return, outlet, reappearance, result, recurrence, return key, coming back, replication, number, outcome, yield, bribe, getting even, emergence, effect, way out, restoration, issue, production, paying back, proceeds, fruit, consequence, matter, homecoming, issuance

4. wages, reward, payoffnoun

   a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

   "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"

   Synonyms:
   issue, return, wages, bribe, yield, reinforcement, advantage, reward, final payment, take, proceeds, takings

Matched Categories

1. • Consequence
   • Income
   • Payment

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1. List of paraphrases for "payoff":

   bribe, reward

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1. James Scott:

   Real cybersecurity means that your Security Operations team is consistently pen testing your network with the same stealth and sophistication as the Russian nation state, the same desperation as China’s 13th Five Year Plan, the same inexhaustible energy of the Cyber Caliphate and the same greed and ambition for monetary payoff as a seasoned cyber-criminal gang.

2. Casey Lu Simon-Plumb:

   You don't have to kill yourself doing it if there's no payoff.

3. Marc Owens:

   I never forgot what Travis Mills after a bomb told me and instilled in me, you work hard and you ’ll get the payoff and then we do a 10-second happy dance.

4. Michael Roche:

   If you have been a brave soul holding Venezuela 2016s, you could roll over that money into the next bond that has the greatest upside payoff.

5. United States:

   As alleged, Zottola Sr. set in motion a deadly plot to kill Zottola Sr. father and brother, with Bloods gang members carrying out extreme acts of violence to collect a payoff for the hits.