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What is the noun for pay off?

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pay-off
  1. A payment.
  2. A reward.
  3. A bribe.
  4. (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “As long as he increases his heart-rate and keeps it that way for 30 to 40 minutes, the pay-off over time will be enormous.”
      “The pay-off comes when the table is finally returned to the antique dealer who gets what might be called her just dessert.”
      “The swimming pool and running tracks will have fewer lanes than the conventional eight, but that is the only pay-off.”
payoff
  1. Alternative spelling of pay-off
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The payoff of the movie was a thrilling twist that left everyone in awe.”
      “The money was provided to him as a payoff for his silence.”
      “After deducting all the expenses and taxes, Sarah was elated to find a substantial payoff in her paycheck.”
pay-offs
  1. plural of pay-off
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  3. Examples:
    1. “No one doubts, however, that it does maintain covert agents and does use monetary pay-offs to gain influence in the country.”
      “Still, as paltry as the pay-offs were, the scandal exposed the hollowness of the ruling party's nationalist rhetoric.”
      “The pay-offs, remember, come on top of transfer fees and the big wages paid to them.”
payoffs
  1. plural of payoff
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Delay is endemic within the Indian judiciary, a fact that effectively forecloses using litigation to gain quick payoffs.”
      “They got good payoffs lotsa times before, even when winning only 9 out of every ten bets.”
      “Those who exercise regularly cite important physical and psychological payoffs.”
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