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
Microcredentials, badges, job certificates, and other alternatives will succeed only if their labor market payoffs are transparent.
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Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Budak defines six types of everyday courage and their associated risks, actions and payoffs.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
The payoffs were still apparent on the first day of the two-day competition.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
As undergraduate degrees have lost their payoffs thanks to AI, young people have turned to advanced schooling to unlock jobs with salaries exceeding $200,000 (or in some cases, a $100 million signing bonus).
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Budak defines six types of everyday courage and their associated risks, actions and payoffs.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
The payoffs were still apparent on the first day of the two-day competition.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
As undergraduate degrees have lost their payoffs thanks to AI, young people have turned to advanced schooling to unlock jobs with salaries exceeding $200,000 (or in some cases, a $100 million signing bonus).
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for payoffs
Noun
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Microsoft’s revenues/profits flow down through its business partners.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Rights to participate in management or share in profits.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Buoyed by those gains, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite secured new closing highs, with the former exceeding the 6,600 level for the first time.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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For franchisors with disciplined operations, strong unit economics, and clear development pipelines, the coming months represent an opportunity to consolidate gains, lock in growth, and prepare for what could be a more favorable interest rate environment heading into 2026.—
Gary Occhiogrosso,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rather, the goal is to maximise investment returns – Mounsey-Heysham and his co-founders just happen to believe the best way to do that is to identify companies with convincing answers to large and seemingly intractable societal problems.—
David Prosser,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Baidu, whose Hong Kong shares have gained nearly 59% this year, reported a drop in second-quarter revenue last month as its core advertising business struggled and returns from AI investments remained limited.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Payoffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payoffs. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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