Antonyms for pay-off
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pey |
| Phonetic Transcription : peɪ |
Definition of pay-off
Origin :- c.1200, "to appease, pacify, satisfy," from Old French paier "to pay, pay up" (12c., Modern French payer), from Latin pacare "to please, pacify, satisfy" (in Medieval Latin especially "satisfy a creditor"), literally "make peaceful," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace). Meaning "to give what is due for goods or services" arose in Medieval Latin and was attested in English by early 13c.; sense of "please, pacify" died out in English by 1500. Sense of "suffer, endure" (a punishment, etc.) is first recorded late 14c. Related: Paid; paying.
- As in payment : noun fee; installment of fee
- The money which was stolen yesterday was for the pay-off to-day.
- Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
- We've done everything we could think of, but there's no pay-off.
- Extract from : « The Golden Skull » by John Blaine
Synonyms for pay-off
- acquittal
- advance
- alimony
- amends
- amortization
- amount
- annuity
- award
- bounty
- cash
- defrayal
- defrayment
- deposit
- disbursement
- discharge
- down
- fee
- hire
- indemnification
- outlay
- part
- pay-off
- paying
- pension
- portion
- premium
- quittance
- reckoning
- recompense
- redress
- refund
- reimbursement
- remittance
- remuneration
- reparation
- repayment
- requital
- restitution
- retaliation
- return
- reward
- salary
- settlement
- subsidy
- sum
- support
- wage
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