| 释义 |
payoff
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: from pay off, v.
1. : the act or occasion of paying employees' wages or gambling winnings or distributing profits, booty, or bribe money
2.
a. : profit, reward
b. : retribution
3. : the climax of an incident or enterprise; specifically : the denouement of a narrative
< now listen to the payoff >
4. : a decisive fact or factor resolving a situation or bringing about a definitive conclusion
< the opinion of the tax court on taxability is the payoff >
II. adjective
: yielding results in the final test : rewarding, decisive
< gave him the payoff shot — Chester Roth >
< maneuvering for a payoff play >
< wound up for the payoff pitch > |