| 单词 | payoff |
| 释义 | payoff /pay"awf', -of'/, n. 1. the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc. 2. the time at which such payment is made. 3. the consequence, outcome, or final sequence in a series of events, actions, or circumstances: The payoff was when they fired him. 4. Informal. the climax of something, esp. a story or joke. 5. a settlement or reckoning, as in retribution or reward. 6. Informal. a bribe. adj. 7. yielding results, esp. rewarding or decisive results: The payoff play was the long pass into the end zone. [1910-15; n., adj. use of v. phrase pay off] Syn. 3. climax, upshot, finale. |
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