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What is the noun for paying off?

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pay-off
  1. A payment.
  2. A reward.
  3. A bribe.
  4. (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “But the biggest pay-off of her improved chemistry grade was her mother getting off her back.”
      “The swimming pool and running tracks will have fewer lanes than the conventional eight, but that is the only pay-off.”
      “Hambly was edged out in July 2002 and took the company to court to obtain his pay-off.”
payoff
  1. Alternative spelling of pay-off
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The payoff of the movie was a thrilling twist that left everyone in awe.”
      “The money was provided to him as a payoff for his silence.”
      “After deducting all the expenses and taxes, Sarah was elated to find a substantial payoff in her paycheck.”
pay-offs
  1. plural of pay-off
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  3. Examples:
    1. “No one doubts, however, that it does maintain covert agents and does use monetary pay-offs to gain influence in the country.”
      “Still, as paltry as the pay-offs were, the scandal exposed the hollowness of the ruling party's nationalist rhetoric.”
      “The pay-offs, remember, come on top of transfer fees and the big wages paid to them.”
payoffs
  1. plural of payoff
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Delay is endemic within the Indian judiciary, a fact that effectively forecloses using litigation to gain quick payoffs.”
      “They got good payoffs lotsa times before, even when winning only 9 out of every ten bets.”
      “Those who exercise regularly cite important physical and psychological payoffs.”
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