payoff
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the final payment of a debt
Types & categories
- payment hypernym
Sense 2 noun
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
Types & categories
- payment hypernym
- hush money hyponym
- kickback hyponym
- payola hyponym
- soap hyponym
Related & opposite
- bribe derivation
Sense 3 noun
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
the average return was about 5%
Types & categories
- income hypernym
- economic rent hyponym
- payback hyponym
Related & opposite
- generate derivation
- subscribe to derivation
Sense 4 noun
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
the wages of sin is death
Types & categories
- consequence hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | payment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bribe |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | payment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hush money |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kickback |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | payola |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | soap |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | generate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | subscribe to |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | income |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | economic rent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | payback |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pay back |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reward |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | consequence |