pay-off
English
/ˈpeɪ.ɒf/, /ˈpeɪ.ɔːf/
noun
Definitions
- A payment.
- A reward.
- A bribe.
- (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction.
Etymology
Compound from English pay + English off (first element of noun).
Origin
English
off
Gloss
first element of noun
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- PayPal English
- auto-off English
- autopay English
- backoff English
- backpay English
- blastoff English
- boiloff English
- break off English
- breakoff English
- bumpoff English
- burnoff English
- castoff English
- copay English
- cutoff English
- face-off English
- faceoff English
- forepay English
- holdoff English
- jumpoff English
- kill off English
- knockoff English
- liftoff English
- lookoff English
- mispay English
- off English
- offboard English
- offglide English
- offing English
- offish English
- offlist English
- offprint English
- offput English
- offramp English
- offscreen English
- offski English
- offspringing English
- offstage English
- offsuit English
- offy English
- one-off English
- outpay English
- overpay English
- paid English
- pay English
- pay table English
- payable English
- payback English
- paybook English
- payday English
- paydown English
- payee English
- payer English
- payest English
- payeth English
- paygrade English
- paying English
- payless English
- payline English
- payload English
- paymaster English
- payment English
- paymeter English
- paymistress English
- paynight English
- payout English
- payphone English
- paypig English
- paypoint English
- payraise English
- payrise English
- payroll English
- payrun English
- payscale English
- paysheet English
- paysite English
- payslip English
- paystreak English
- paythrough English
- paywall English
- payware English
- pickoff English
- postpay English
- prepay English
- print-off English
- printoff English
- runoff English
- sendoff English
- shove off English
- showoff English
- signoff English
- surpay English
- turnoff English
- underpay English
- unpay English
- waveoff English
- off Spanish, Castilian
- of Middle English
- payen Middle English
- เปย์ Thai
- pàigh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- pai Sranan Tongo
- paysa Sranan Tongo
- off
- pay
- paid
- offy
- unpay
- payee
- payer
- copay
- mispay
- paypig
- outpay
- offput
- offski
- offing
- payday
- payest
- paying
- offish
- payeth
- payout
- surpay
- payrun
- runoff
- prepay
- PayPal
- cutoff
- payback
- liftoff
- overpay
- paysite
- backoff
- burnoff
- backpay
- showoff
- payslip
- payware
- payroll
- castoff
- sendoff
- postpay
- offsuit
- paydown
- bumpoff
- payrise
- waveoff
- signoff
- payload
- payline
- faceoff
- one-off
- boiloff
- payless
- offlist
- autopay
- turnoff
- lookoff
- offramp
- jumpoff
- payable
- payment
- paybook
- holdoff
- pickoff
- paywall
- forepay
- blastoff
- paypoint
- breakoff
- payraise
- payphone
- offboard
- kill off
- paygrade
- offprint
- paymeter
- offstage
- offglide
- paysheet
- knockoff
- auto-off
- face-off
- printoff
- underpay
- payscale
- paynight
- shove off
- print-off
- pay table
- paymaster
- offscreen
- break off
- paystreak
- paythrough
- paymistress
- offspringing