Hypertext Webster Gateway: "payoff"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
payoff
n 1: the final payment of a debt [syn: {final payment}]
2: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt
his judgment [syn: {bribe}]
3: the income arising from land or other property; "the average
return was about 5%" [syn: {return}, {issue}, {proceeds},
{take}, {takings}, {yield}]
4: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing;
"the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
[syn: {wages}, {reward}]
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