Webster's English Dictionary

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payoff

1. pay.off \'pa--.o.f\ n 1: the act or occasion of paying employees' wages 
   or distributing gains  2a: PROFIT, REWARD  2b: RETRIBUTION  3: the climax 
   of an incident or enterprise; specif : the denouement  of a narrative 4: a 
   decisive fact or factor resolving a situation or bringing about a defi 
   nitive conclusion
2. payoff aj : yielding results in the final test : DECISIVE