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Payoff N Count Payment Made 英['Peɪɔ:F 美[ˈpeˌɔf ˌɑf N.报酬;结清,算清;发工资;结果,结局;Adj.决定性的;产生结果的;支付的

单词 payoff
音标
英['peɪɔ:f] 美[ˈpeˌɔf, -ˌɑf]
解释
n.报酬;结清,算清;发工资;结果,结局;adj.决定性的;产生结果的;支付的;
例句

N-COUNT
优势;收益;收效;回报
The payoff from an action is the advantage or benefit that you get from it.
例:If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous...如果这些材料能够普遍用于光学产业,那么这一突破带来的收益将非常巨大。
例:You're doing what you really love to do, which is making music — that's the payoff.你现在做着你真正喜欢做的事情,也就是音乐制作——这就是回报。

N-COUNT
(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.
例:Soldiers in both countries supplement their incomes with payoffs from drugs exporters.两国士兵都用毒品走私贩的贿赂来贴补收入。

N-COUNT
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.
例:The ousted chairman received a £1.5 million payoff from the loss-making oil company.被解职的主席从亏损的石油公司那里拿到了150万英镑的解约金。
变形
pl:payoffs~

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