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.
雙語例句
1. The ousted chairman received a ￡1.5 million payoff from the loss-making oil company.
被解職的主席從虧損的石油公司那里拿到了150萬英鎊的解約金。
來自柯林斯例句
2. You're doing what you really love to do, which is making music — that's the payoff.
你現(xiàn)在做著你真正喜歡做的事情，也就是音樂制作——這就是回報。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The biggest payoff epidemiologically and economically is in secondary prevention.