payoff

recompensa, beneficio

Beneficio o resultado favorable que se obtiene gracias al esfuerzo o al trabajo.

En inglés sencillo: A benefit or good result that comes from effort or work.

• All that practice had a big payoff.
• The payoff for her patience was a better job.
• We expect the training to bring a long-term payoff.

Cómo se usa: payoff for something (The payoff for months of training was a medal.)

Sinónimos: reward, benefit

Expresiones frecuentes: big payoff, payoff for something, long-term payoff

rendimiento, ganancia

Dinero que se gana gracias a una inversión.

En inglés sencillo: The money gained from an investment.

• The investment produced a large payoff.
• Investors accepted more risk for a higher expected payoff.
• The fund’s payoff was smaller than she had hoped.

Sinónimos: return, profit

Expresiones frecuentes: investment payoff, expected payoff, financial payoff

soborno

Dinero entregado en secreto para que alguien haga algo deshonesto o ilegal.

En inglés sencillo: Money given secretly to make someone do something dishonest or illegal.

• The official accepted a secret payoff.
• Police discovered payoffs to several local politicians.
• He denied taking a payoff to ignore the violation.

Sinónimos: bribe

Expresiones frecuentes: secret payoff, illegal payoff, payoff to someone

liquidación, pago total

Pago con el que se salda toda una deuda.

En inglés sencillo: A payment that clears all the money owed.

• The loan payoff cleared his remaining debt.
• She requested the exact payoff amount from the bank.
• The lender confirmed receipt of the final payoff.

Sinónimos: settlement, full payment

Expresiones frecuentes: loan payoff, mortgage payoff, final payoff