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
But the biggest payoffs for investing in real estate have long been out of reach for the vast majority of investors.
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Rovshan Rasulov, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 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
Rovshan Rasulov, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 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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Another useful predictor of recessions has been earnings growth, as a recession is typically associated with a year-over-year decline in corporate profits.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Squeezed by falling profits in key market China and weak auto demand in Europe, Volkswagen has also launched a major cost-cutting program that will see more than 35,000 jobs go, along with painful capacity cuts at its German plants.—
Christoph Steitz,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unrealized gains are marked-to-market, and a hefty tax bill may follow.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Voters instead delivered gains to both far-right and far-left parties.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pumpkin spice latte season 2025 Krispy Kreme's Pumpkin Spice Menu returns in August.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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These tools also appeal to impact investors seeking both financial returns and environmental outcomes.—
Regina Clewlow,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Payoffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payoffs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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