payout

noun

pay·​out ˈpā-ˌau̇t How to pronounce payout (audio)
: the act of paying out : payoff

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Then there’s the dividend itself, which, as mentioned, shifted from a monthly payout to weekly last spring. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 As a result of Robinson’s underperformance, a $15,950 payout was redistributed among those who had bet. Jill Martin, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025 Facebook has started sending out privacy settlement payouts. Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 The settlement would be one of the largest copyright case payouts in history and amounts to about $3,000 per book for nearly 500,000 works. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for payout

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First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of payout was in 1943

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“Payout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payout. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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