1. 优势；收益；收效；回报
The payoff from an action is the advantage or benefit that you get from it.
2. （用于避免麻烦的）封口费，贿赂
A payoff is a payment which is made to someone, often secretly or illegally, so that they will not cause trouble.
3. 解约金；遣散费
A payoff is a large payment made to someone by their employer when the person has been forced to leave their job.
1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
e.g. the wages of sin is death
virtue is its own reward
2. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
e.g. the average return was about 5%
Synonym: returnissuetaketakingsproceedsyield
3. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
Synonym: bribe
4. the final payment of a debt
Synonym: final payment