payoffs

noun

a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

the final payment of a debt

Roots

pacarepay- · Latin · appease, pay

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