payoff

Example Sentences

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That’s much higher than the usual payoff for all cash takeovers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Devoting even a fraction of the company’s capacity to measuring crop health, he reasons, could save farmers a lot of water and benefit food security—a payoff for time spent scanning the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal

Messrs. Lord and Miller are confident enough to aim high, with a sweeping, emotional payoff.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her expression was carefully bland, and I understood now that the piano was a payoff.

From Literature

“Big dreams require big risk, and the timing of when the payoff might be for some of these ventures becomes critically important,” Spak wrote in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch