Synonyms for pay-off

Most common

pay · pay up · pay back · extinguish

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To bribe, especially to deter oversight.

   I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.

2. n. 1

   A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.

   At the current monthly payment level, it'll take 32 more months to reach pay-off.

Related words

Word family

payoff

Other spellings

pay off

Forms

Plural

pay-offs → make-ups, greases…

Example sentences

• pay What price do we have to pay for these advantages?
• extinguish Benedito poured water on the fire to extinguish it.

By length

2 letters

do¹

3 letters

get¹, pay¹, fix¹

6 letters

grease¹, redeem²

7 letters

requite

9 letters

liquidate³, boodleize

10 letters

compensate³, extinguish³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (redeem² = 2 syllables).