payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property;
"the average return was about 5%"
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing;
"the wages of sin is death" "virtue is its own reward"
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One of the payoff of a university degree is increase earning power.一所大学学位奖赏之一是所增长的收益能力.
Until now the payoff of these reforms has not been seen.直到现在改革的成果还未显现。
Where are we going to make the payoff?我们去哪儿了结此事?
He got a payoff before the retirement.他在退休之前领到了一笔补偿金.
The problem, they say, is that some viewers don't like to be left at the close of a season by cliffhanger shows that lack an emotional payoff.他们说，问题在于一些观众不希望在一个播出季节结束的时候，被这些缺乏情绪高潮的悬疑节目给撂那儿了。
