payoff

英 ['peɪˌɒf]

美 ['peɪˌɔf]

n. 报酬; 结清; 算清; 发工资; 结果; 结局

复数：payoffs　第三人称单数：payoffs　

Collins.1 / BNC.27334 / COCA.7645

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 优势；收益；收效；回报
Thepayoff froman action is the advantage or benefit that you get from it.
1. If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous...
  如果这些材料能够普遍用于光学产业，那么这一突破带来的收益将非常巨大。
2. You're doing what you really love to do, which is making music — that's the payoff.
  你现在做着你真正喜欢做的事情，也就是音乐制作——这就是回报。
N-COUNT （用于避免麻烦的）封口费，贿赂
Apayoffis a payment which is made to someone, often secretly or illegally, so that they will not cause trouble.
1. Soldiers in both countries supplement their incomes with payoffs from drugs exporters.
  两国士兵都用毒品走私贩的贿赂来贴补收入。
N-COUNT 解约金；遣散费
Apayoffis a large payment made to someone by their employer when the person has been forced to leave their job.
1. The ousted chairman received a £1.5 million payoff from the loss-making oil company.
  被解职的主席从亏损的石油公司那里拿到了150万英镑的解约金。

noun

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
1. the wages of sin is death
2. virtue is its own reward
Synonym:wagesreward
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
1. the average return was about 5%
Synonym:returnissuetaketakingsproceedsyield
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
Synonym:bribe
the final payment of a debt
Synonym:final payment

Your hard work and dedication will payoff, so stick to your guns and do your job well.
你的辛勤工作和奉献会得到回报，所以一定要坚持下去；
You're doing what you really love to do, which is making music — that's the payoff.
你现在做着你真正喜欢做的事情，也就是音乐制作——这就是回报。
That was payoff the debt.
这是用来还清债务的。
Their decisions start with market examinations, analyses of customers and prior payoff scenarios and profit potential.
他们的决定从检查这个市场开始，分析客户以及之前的清算场景和潜在利润。
At this meeting, he was going to make a payoff.
这次约会，他可能要付钱了。
Property investments will payoff.
物业投资会带来盈利。
Since the loan has a payoff deadline, it makes you a better credit risk.
因为贷款有一个偿还期限，这个期限会增加你的信用风险。
Furthermore, investment in firms with low-quality is for payoff, not for reputation.
对低质量的企业继续增加投资的目的不是为了建立声誉，而是为了增加收益。
In the first step, the strategy function and expected payoff function are estimated by nonparametric quantile regression.
第一阶段通过非参数分位数回归估计局中人的策略与期望支付函数；
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the financial payoff of following your passion.
两周前我写了一篇关于从激情中获得经济回报的文章。