PAYOFFS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

payoffs

noun

plural of payoff

as in earnings

the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received the payoff on the investment was only about $500

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Recent Examples of payoffs Travelers who put in the time, effort, and money to acquire dual citizenship will see major payoffs. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026 Revel in withholding some information from the audience to make for even bigger payoffs. — William Earl, Variety, 27 July 2026 Ride or Die‘s true appeal is as a comedy, though, and there its payoffs are much more consistent, thanks to a likable and game ensemble. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026 Every painting is a model of academic crispness and polish, filled with visual cues and prearranged emotional payoffs. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 Key steps include focusing on additions, recognizing emotional payoffs, reducing friction, and sharing successes to make habits self-sustaining. — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 There would be many other payoffs for fans who’d hungered for years to see America’s top soccer league come to San Diego. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026 But it's been noticeable through the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup payoffs that Makar has been dealing with lingering injury. — Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Social connection is one of the clearest payoffs. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026

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Noun

The bank expects power networks to account for roughly one-third of group profits by 2029, up from 23% in 2025, which would help cut capital costs.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
In this small city, citizens were brought together by frustration over large, corporate health systems that can seem to put profits over patients.

— Noam Levey, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of profits

Noun

Those gains came from banks treating fraud detection, KYC and compliance exceptions as the actual intelligence layer of the workflow, not a comment field someone gets to later.

— Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Artificial intelligence, a major player in who sees gains and losses, is also driving demand for workers in fields such as data analysis, cybersecurity and software development.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of gains

Noun

The calculation refers to nominal total returns, combining coupon income and changes in the bond's market price.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
His best explanations for this are pressure from shareholders to prioritize immediate returns over long-term investments, and years of obsession with digital that came at the expense of physical retail.

— Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026

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