Noun
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
the final payment of a debt
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
Source: WordNetYou learn after a while that it's not getting your face recognised that's the payoff. It's having your film remembered. Leonardo DiCaprio
Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house. Edie Falco
When I'm on tour, I'm in a new city every single night, and the energy and the crowds and the kids and the screaming and them knowing every single word of my music and being onstage is such an energetic feeling with a big payoff. Hilary Duff
People enter Web sites hoping to be led somewhere, hoping for a payoff. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character. Shawn Wayans
We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we don't need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isn't as nice here so there's no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles. Denise Mina