also pay-off, 1905, "winnings from gambling," from pay (v.) + off. Meaning "graft, bribes" first attested 1930. Phrase to pay off "be profitable" is first recorded 1937.
权威例句
1. The ousted chairman received a £1.5 million payoff from the loss-making oil company.
被解职的主席从亏损的石油公司那里拿到了150万英镑的解约金。
2. You're doing what you really love to do, which is making music — that's the payoff.
你现在做着你真正喜欢做的事情,也就是音乐制作——这就是回报。
3. The biggest payoff epidemiologically and economically is in secondary prevention.
从流行病学和经济学的角度来看,最大的收益是防止疾病的继发.
4. Today, thousands of systems are in use primarily on economic payoff.
目前, 很多系统的采用主要是为了经济收益.
5. What kind of hired killer takes their payoff and goes to the mall?