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payoff
payoff /ˈpeɪɒf $ -ɒːf/ noun [countable]
1. an advantage or profit that you get as a result of doing something:
    With electric cars there is a big environmental payoff.
2. a payment that is made to someone, often illegally, in order to stop them from causing you trouble ⇨ bribe:
    Union leaders allegedly received huge payoffs from the company’s bosses.
3. a payment made to someone when they are forced to leave their job ⇨ redundancy:
    The average payoff to staff was about £2000.