payoff

payoff
n
1.(all of a debt, wager, etc.) payment, paying off, settlement, liquidation, discharge, fulfillment; remuneration, compensation, reimbursement, refund, rebate, return; remittance, installment, partial payment, initial payment, handsel, deposit, down payment, Insurance. premium.
2.Informal. bribe, Inf. kickback, Inf. payola, Inf. plugola, Inf. hush money, Inf. protection or protection money, Sl. boodle; ransom or ransom money, price.
3. settlement, reckoning, day of reckoning, judgment day, final judgment or reckoning; justice, retribution, reward, punishment, due, just deserts.
4.Informal. consequence, outcome, sequel, result, end result, upshot; conclusion, resolution, denouement, solution; final sequence or scene, concluding episode, finale, grand finale; end, termination, close, windup, finish; consummation, fulfillment, completion, perfection, final touch or stroke; summing up, summary, wrap-up, epilogue.
5.Informal. climax, culmination, capper, punch line, Journ. Sl. kicker; acme, zenith, peak, pinnacle, height, high point, crowning point, supreme moment, moment of glory, orgasm; extremity, extreme, maximum, max., utmost, uttermost, U.S. Sl. the most, U.S. Sl. the greatest, U.S. Sl. the tops.

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