as in earnings
the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received
the payoff on the investment was only about $500
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Recent Examples of payoffs
The three-time AL save leader began providing the bettors with information about his pitches in 2023 but didn't ask for payoffs until this year, prosecutors said.
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NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
The first accounts of cheating and payoffs during exam week surfaced—a blow to the belief in fairness on which the whole system of guilds depended.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
But with spending continuing to rise, investors are getting skittish about the outlays without more concrete signs of the payoffs.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Restoring degraded land offers similar payoffs.
—Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The technologies are ready, the need is urgent, and the payoffs are immense.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
The point is, to me, Kuhn’s hapless federal felonies seem a lot less significant than grabbing $7,000 in cash payoffs in the ladies’ room at City Hall.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
These concerns stem from high levels of speculative investment—totaling hundreds of billions of dollars—in artificial intelligence with few manifest payoffs, as well as the market’s top-heavy structure, with significant value concentrated in a handful of AI-bullish tech stocks.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
This week’s episode is one that’s full of joy and inspiration and the payoffs of believing in yourself.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
The first accounts of cheating and payoffs during exam week surfaced—a blow to the belief in fairness on which the whole system of guilds depended.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
But with spending continuing to rise, investors are getting skittish about the outlays without more concrete signs of the payoffs.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Restoring degraded land offers similar payoffs.
—Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The technologies are ready, the need is urgent, and the payoffs are immense.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
The point is, to me, Kuhn’s hapless federal felonies seem a lot less significant than grabbing $7,000 in cash payoffs in the ladies’ room at City Hall.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
These concerns stem from high levels of speculative investment—totaling hundreds of billions of dollars—in artificial intelligence with few manifest payoffs, as well as the market’s top-heavy structure, with significant value concentrated in a handful of AI-bullish tech stocks.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
This week’s episode is one that’s full of joy and inspiration and the payoffs of believing in yourself.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for payoffs
Noun
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The business partners dedicated the coffee shop's profits to help chip away at their employees' cost of living to help combat housing insecurity in the community.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The profits from the nursing homes fueled his luxury cars, elegant homes and other extravagances, including, famously, a $360,000 watch.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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At the time, some human rights experts voiced concerns that his presidency risked backsliding on the democratic gains made since Suharto’s authoritarian regime.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Awards tied to market cap gains are paired with operational achievements.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Under the current approach, CalPERS allocates a certain amount of money to each bucket and managers of those assets try to maximize returns.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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To make the calculations, Bloomberg used earnings yields as a proxy for equity returns; the gap between borrowing rates in yen and Swiss francs and similar-maturity investment yields in dollars to estimate the carry; and bond indexes that capture a range of maturities for yields on government debt.—
Anya Andrianova,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Payoffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payoffs. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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