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Definition of "pay-offs" [pay-offs]

  • Plural form of pay-off. (noun)

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Use "pay-offs" in a sentence
  • "We heard about multimillion pound pay-offs to phone-hack victims that apparently didn't come to the attention of either Murdoch -- even though Murdoch pere is a notorious control-freak who phones his editors frequently just to enquire "what's happening?""
  • "But they are primarily authors, and all this internet-work on the e-bookstore is costing them a lot of time and trouble, with very uncertain pay-offs."
  • "Mr. Kapur, the aide, also showed the U.S. Embassy employee two chests containing cash and added that there was as much as $25 million in cash "around the house for use as pay-offs," the cable said."
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