payoff

Noun
  1. The final payment of a debt (synset 113320380)
    is a type of: payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
    same as: final payment
  2. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment (synset 113305585)
    is a type of: payment - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
    subtypes:
    • hush money - a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret
    • kickback - a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
    • payola - a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record
    • soap - money offered as a bribe
    same as: bribe
  3. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property (synset 113281089)
    "the average return was about 5%"
    is a type of: income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
    subtypes:
    • economic rent, rent - the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
    • payback - financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
    same as: issue, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield
  4. A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing (synset 107310247)
    "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
    is a type of: aftermath, consequence - the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
    same as: reward, wages

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