payoff

ricompensa, beneficio

Vantaggio o buon risultato ottenuto grazie all’impegno o al lavoro.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: payoff for something (The payoff for months of training was a medal.)

Sinonimi: reward, benefit

Espressioni comuni: big payoff, payoff for something, long-term payoff

rendimento, guadagno

Denaro guadagnato grazie a un investimento.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: return, profit

Espressioni comuni: investment payoff, expected payoff, financial payoff

tangente, mazzetta

Denaro dato di nascosto per far compiere a qualcuno un’azione disonesta o illegale.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: bribe

Espressioni comuni: secret payoff, illegal payoff, payoff to someone

saldo, estinzione

Pagamento che estingue completamente un debito.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: settlement, full payment

Espressioni comuni: loan payoff, mortgage payoff, final payoff