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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pay-Off, Pay-off, pay-off: Wordnik
  2. pay-off: Wiktionary
  3. pay-off: Dictionary.com
  4. pay-off: Online Etymology Dictionary
  5. Pay-off, The Pay-Off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. pay-off: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pay-off)

noun:  A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.
noun:  A reward.
noun:  A return on investment.
noun:  A bribe.
noun:  (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction.
noun:  (baseball) Short for payoff pitch. [(baseball, slang) A pitch thrown on a count of three balls and two strikes.]

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