"pay-off" meaning in English

See pay-off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪ.ɒf/, /ˈpeɪ.ɔːf/ Forms: pay-offs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from pay off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|pay off}} Deverbal from pay off Head templates: {{en-noun}} pay-off (plural pay-offs)
  1. A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full. Categories (topical): Plot devices Translations (a payment): плащане (plaštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), retribució [feminine] (Catalan), 付清 (fùqīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 還清 (Chinese Mandarin), 还清 (huánqīng) (Chinese Mandarin), udbytte (Danish), maksu (Finnish), rétribution [feminine] (French), Auszahlung [feminine] (German), spłata [feminine] (Polish), pagamento [masculine] (Portuguese), plată [feminine] (Romanian), retribuție [feminine] (Romanian), платёж (platjóž) [masculine] (Russian), вы́плата (výplata) [feminine] (Russian), пла́та (pláta) [feminine] (Russian), pago [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pay-off-en-noun-en:payment_in_full Disambiguation of Plot devices: 23 2 28 4 22 21 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English deverbals: 24 4 29 4 6 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 35 1 4 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 2 34 2 7 26 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 32 3 31 6 7 22 Disambiguation of 'a payment': 42 26 7 20 1 4
  2. A reward. Translations (a reward): награда (nagrada) [feminine] (Bulgarian), възнаграждение (vǎznagraždenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), recompensa [feminine] (Catalan), 報酬 (Chinese Mandarin), 报酬 (bàochóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 獎勵 (Chinese Mandarin), 奖励 (jiǎnglì) (Chinese Mandarin), belønning [neuter] (Danish), beloning [feminine] (Dutch), palkkio (Finnish), récompense [feminine] (French), Ausgleichszahlung [feminine] (German), vinningur [masculine] (Icelandic), recompensa [feminine] (Portuguese), răsplată [feminine] (Romanian), вознагражде́ние (voznagraždénije) [neuter] (Russian), recompensa [feminine] (Spanish), retribución [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pay-off-en-noun-en:reward Disambiguation of 'a reward': 8 85 1 3 1 2
  3. A return on investment. Categories (topical): Narratology, Plot devices
    Sense id: en-pay-off-en-noun-en:return_on_investment Disambiguation of Narratology: 21 3 34 5 16 21 Disambiguation of Plot devices: 23 2 28 4 22 21 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 24 4 29 4 6 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 35 1 4 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 2 34 2 7 26 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 32 3 31 6 7 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 2 37 2 6 25
  4. A bribe. Categories (topical): Corruption Synonyms: bribe Translations (a bribe): подкуп (podkup) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 賄賂 (Chinese Mandarin), 贿赂 (huìlù) (Chinese Mandarin), bestikkelse (Danish), ŝmirmono (Esperanto), lahjus (Finnish), pot-de-vin [masculine] (French), Schmiergeld [neuter] (German), Schmiergeldzahlung [feminine] (German), Bestechungsgeld [neuter] (German), łapówka [feminine] (Polish), suborno [masculine] (Portuguese), mită [feminine] (Romanian), взя́тка (vzjátka) [feminine] (Russian), soborno [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pay-off-en-noun-en:bribe Disambiguation of Corruption: 5 2 8 69 11 5 Disambiguation of 'a bribe': 5 3 1 87 2 2
  5. (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Fiction, Plot devices
    Sense id: en-pay-off-en-noun-en:resolution_or_justification Disambiguation of Fiction: 9 4 8 12 57 10 Disambiguation of Plot devices: 23 2 28 4 22 21
  6. (baseball) Short for payoff pitch. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: payoff pitch Categories (topical): Baseball, Plot devices
    Sense id: en-pay-off-en-noun-en:type_of_pitch_in_baseball Disambiguation of Plot devices: 23 2 28 4 22 21 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English deverbals: 24 4 29 4 6 34 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 1 35 1 4 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 2 34 2 7 26 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 32 3 31 6 7 22 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: payoff Derived forms: payoff function, payoff pitch Related terms: payback [noun], paydown [noun]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for pay-off meaning in English (14.2kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 54 0 46",
      "word": "payoff function"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 54 0 46",
      "word": "payoff pitch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pay off"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from pay off",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from pay off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pay-offs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pay-off (plural pay-offs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 54 0 46",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "payback"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 54 0 46",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "paydown"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 29 4 6 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 1 35 1 4 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 2 34 2 7 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 3 31 6 7 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 2 28 4 22 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Plot devices",
          "orig": "en:Plot devices",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Narratology",
            "Artistic works",
            "Drama",
            "Literature",
            "Art",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "At the current monthly payment level, it'll take 32 more months to reach pay-off.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay-off-en-noun-en:payment_in_full",
      "links": [
        [
          "payment",
          "payment"
        ],
        [
          "in full",
          "in full"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:payment in full"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "plaštane",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "плащане"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "retribució"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fùqīng",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "word": "付清"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "word": "還清"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huánqīng",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "word": "还清"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "word": "udbytte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "word": "maksu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rétribution"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Auszahlung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spłata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pagamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plată"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "retribuție"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "platjóž",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "платёж"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výplata",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́плата"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pláta",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пла́та"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 26 7 20 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a payment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pago"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What's the pay-off for putting up with her nonsense for ages on end?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A reward."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay-off-en-noun-en:reward",
      "links": [
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:reward"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nagrada",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "награда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎznagraždenie",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "възнаграждение"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "recompensa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "word": "報酬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bàochóu",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "word": "报酬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "word": "獎勵"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎnglì",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "word": "奖励"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "belønning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "beloning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "word": "palkkio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "récompense"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ausgleichszahlung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vinningur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "recompensa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "răsplată"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "voznagraždénije",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вознагражде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "recompensa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 85 1 3 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a reward",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "retribución"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 29 4 6 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 1 35 1 4 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 2 34 2 7 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 3 31 6 7 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 2 37 2 6 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 3 34 5 16 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Narratology",
          "orig": "en:Narratology",
          "parents": [
            "Drama",
            "Literature",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Art",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 2 28 4 22 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Plot devices",
          "orig": "en:Plot devices",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Narratology",
            "Artistic works",
            "Drama",
            "Literature",
            "Art",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "How soon could we realistically expect any pay-off from loading up on shares of that company?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A return on investment."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay-off-en-noun-en:return_on_investment",
      "links": [
        [
          "return on investment",
          "return on investment"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:return on investment"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 2 8 69 11 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Corruption",
          "orig": "en:Corruption",
          "parents": [
            "Crime",
            "Politics",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The prison break never could have succeeded if it hadn't been for multiple pay-offs to various corrupt officers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bribe."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay-off-en-noun-en:bribe",
      "links": [
        [
          "bribe",
          "bribe"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:bribe"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bribe"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podkup",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "подкуп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "word": "賄賂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huìlù",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "word": "贿赂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "word": "bestikkelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "word": "ŝmirmono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "word": "lahjus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pot-de-vin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schmiergeld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schmiergeldzahlung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Bestechungsgeld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "łapówka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suborno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mită"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzjátka",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "взя́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 1 87 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a bribe",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "soborno"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 4 8 12 57 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fiction",
          "orig": "en:Fiction",
          "parents": [
            "Artistic works",
            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 2 28 4 22 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Plot devices",
          "orig": "en:Plot devices",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Narratology",
            "Artistic works",
            "Drama",
            "Literature",
            "Art",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Where's the pay-off for that whole segment of the plot?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay-off-en-noun-en:resolution_or_justification",
      "links": [
        [
          "resolution",
          "resolution"
        ],
        [
          "justification",
          "justification"
        ],
        [
          "fiction",
          "fiction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:resolution or justification"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "payoff pitch"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Baseball",
          "orig": "en:Baseball",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 4 29 4 6 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 1 35 1 4 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 2 34 2 7 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 3 31 6 7 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 2 28 4 22 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Plot devices",
          "orig": "en:Plot devices",
          "parents": [
            "Fiction",
            "Narratology",
            "Artistic works",
            "Drama",
            "Literature",
            "Art",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The bases are loaded, so he'd better make the pay-off count.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for payoff pitch."
      ],
      "id": "en-pay-off-en-noun-en:type_of_pitch_in_baseball",
      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "payoff pitch",
          "payoff pitch#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball) Short for payoff pitch."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:type of pitch in baseball"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪ.ɒf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪ.ɔːf/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 54 0 46",
      "word": "payoff"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay-off"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English deverbals",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with manual fragments",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "en:Corruption",
    "en:Fiction",
    "en:Narratology",
    "en:Plot devices"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "payoff function"
    },
    {
      "word": "payoff pitch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pay off"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from pay off",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from pay off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pay-offs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pay-off (plural pay-offs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "payback"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "paydown"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "At the current monthly payment level, it'll take 32 more months to reach pay-off.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "payment",
          "payment"
        ],
        [
          "in full",
          "in full"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:payment in full"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What's the pay-off for putting up with her nonsense for ages on end?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A reward."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:reward"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "How soon could we realistically expect any pay-off from loading up on shares of that company?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A return on investment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return on investment",
          "return on investment"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:return on investment"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The prison break never could have succeeded if it hadn't been for multiple pay-offs to various corrupt officers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bribe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bribe",
          "bribe"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:bribe"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bribe"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Where's the pay-off for that whole segment of the plot?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resolution",
          "resolution"
        ],
        [
          "justification",
          "justification"
        ],
        [
          "fiction",
          "fiction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:resolution or justification"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "payoff pitch"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English short forms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Baseball"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The bases are loaded, so he'd better make the pay-off count.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for payoff pitch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "payoff pitch",
          "payoff pitch#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball) Short for payoff pitch."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:type of pitch in baseball"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪ.ɒf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪ.ɔːf/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "payoff"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plaštane",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "плащане"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retribució"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùqīng",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "word": "付清"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "word": "還清"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huánqīng",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "word": "还清"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "word": "udbytte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "word": "maksu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rétribution"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Auszahlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spłata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pagamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retribuție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "platjóž",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "платёж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výplata",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́плата"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pláta",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пла́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a payment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pago"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nagrada",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "награда"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎznagraždenie",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "възнаграждение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "recompensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "word": "報酬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàochóu",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "word": "报酬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "word": "獎勵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnglì",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "word": "奖励"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "belønning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beloning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "word": "palkkio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "récompense"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausgleichszahlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vinningur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "recompensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "răsplată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voznagraždénije",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вознагражде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "recompensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a reward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retribución"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podkup",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подкуп"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "word": "賄賂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huìlù",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "word": "贿赂"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "word": "bestikkelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "word": "ŝmirmono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "word": "lahjus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pot-de-vin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schmiergeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schmiergeldzahlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bestechungsgeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "łapówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suborno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzjátka",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "взя́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a bribe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soborno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay-off"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.