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payoff

🇬🇧 UK/'peiɒf/🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

n.

A reward or benefit resulting from an action; a bribe; the final repayment of a debt

报酬,回报;贿赂;最终还款

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
payto give money in exchange for goods or services
+
offto give money in exchange for goods or services
=payoff

Common Collocations

  • 1.financial payoff经济回报
  • 2.lucrative payoff利润丰厚的回报
  • 3.immediate payoff立即回报

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The financial payoff of investing early was evident after twenty years.

  • 2.

    He received a substantial payoff when the company was sold.

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