payoff

noun

  1. 1

    a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

    the wages of sin is death

    virtue is its own reward

  2. 2

    the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

    the average return was about 5%

  3. 3

    payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

  4. 4

    the final payment of a debt

Synonyms

Also useful for “payoff”:Unscrambler