pay-off

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.
    — At the current monthly payment level, it'll take 32 more months to reach pay-off.
  2. A reward.
    — What's the pay-off for putting up with her nonsense for ages on end?
  3. A return on investment.
    — How soon could we realistically expect any pay-off from loading up on shares of that company?
  4. A bribe. informal
    — The prison break never could have succeeded if it hadn't been for multiple pay-offs to various corrupt officers.
  5. A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred. colloquial,especially
    — Where's the pay-off for that whole segment of the plot?
  6. Ellipsis of payoff pitch. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — The bases are loaded, so he'd better make the pay-off count.

词形变化

pay-offs plural payoff alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
payoff function payoff pitch
相关词
payback paydown

词源

Etymology tree
English pay offdeverb.
English pay-off
Deverbal from pay off.
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