payoff

Sweeney’s impeccable screenplay accounts for these seemingly inadvertent details to later bloom into meaningful narrative payoffs.

Such a blatant link between a major exhibit and a large financial contribution looked like a payoff.

No matter what was said about him or the motives behind his move, he’s about to experience what could be the big payoff.

The expected payoff from the next high school class is more than a decent season ending in a bowl game; the Bruins are vying for something unprecedented.

When we finally discover how Amélie has managed to get the shots, it’s a good payoff.