Synonyms of payoffs

payoffs

noun

plural of payoff

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earnings
• profits
• proceeds
• gains
• returns
• salaries
• incomes
• revenues
• wages
• nets
• sales
• payments
• yields
• windfalls
• lucre
• cleanups
• compensations
• killings
• pays
• emoluments
• interests
• bottom lines
• remittals
• grosses
• requitals

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• costs
• expenses
• expenditures
• losses
• charges
• outlays
• disbursements
• outgoes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of payoffs

Mental health is one of the clearest payoffs. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026

Social connection is one of the clearest payoffs. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026

Loose ends and compelling payoffs await after a subdued and slow-ish first frame that struggles with a balance between dark brooding and uneven lull. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026

There would be many other payoffs for fans who’d hungered for years to see America’s top soccer league come to San Diego. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026

But it's been noticeable through the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup payoffs that Makar has been dealing with lingering injury. — Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 20 May 2026

Financial payoffs varied considerably by program of study. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

Each month, the indictment says, a member of the Chapitos gang responsible for overseeing operations in Culiacán received a box stuffed with a large amount of cash, along with a list of corrupt officials who were supposed to receive the payoffs. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026

What Researchers Found Participants with higher fitness levels before age 65—for men, at least 11 to 15 METs and 9 to 12 METs in women—experienced some significant payoffs for health and longevity later on. — Sarah Garone, Health, 13 May 2026