payoff
Use Payoff in a sentence
noun
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, especially a story or joke.
5.
a settlement or reckoning, as in retribution or reward.
adjective
7.
yielding results, especially rewarding or decisive results: The payoff play was the long pass into the end zone.
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Payoff
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
1910–15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase pay off
1910–15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase pay off
Synonyms
3. climax, upshot, finale.
3. climax, upshot, finale.
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Example sentences
Credit card companies will be required to include additional information on statements about payoff.
So here is a high-risk idea with a huge potential payoff.
It is important to consider the amount of risk against the payoff.
The loan payoff amount may be more or less than the trade-in or market value of your vehicle.
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