PAYOFF

wages, reward, payoff

(noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; “the wages of sin is death”; “virtue is its own reward”

return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff

(noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; “the average return was about 5%”

bribe, payoff

(noun) payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

payoff, final payment

(noun) the final payment of a debt

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

payoff (plural payoffs)

Alternative spelling of pay-off

Short for payoff pitch.

Source: Wiktionary



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4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.

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