payout

noun

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

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The salary cap should see steady increases on the back of the league’s 11-year, $77 billion media agreements with NBC, ESPN/ABC and Amazon that tipped off with the 2025-26 season and boosted the annual TV payout to teams by roughly 33%. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 23 June 2026 Aggregate payouts rising while a specific segment of accounts loses monetization eligibility is not necessarily a contradiction. Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026 More betting activity in favor of an outcome raises its price and lowers its payout, and vice versa. Matt Motta, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Some of the sport’s top players left the ranks of the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf for large payouts. Dominic Chu, CNBC, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for payout

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 26 Jun. 2026.

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