payoff
/ˈpeɪˌɔf/ n [C] (MONEY)Definition
› money paid to someone for something that you want done or to not cause you trouble: He denied receiving any kickbacks or payoffs for giving a large contract to the company.
(Definition of payoff n (MONEY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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