25B6; noun (informal)
the lure of enormous pay-offs : PAYMENT, payout, reward; bribe, inducement, incentive; N. Amer. payola; informal kickback, sweetener, backhander; Austral. informal sling.
a pay-off of £160,000 : RETURN (ON INVESTMENT), yield, payback, profit, gain, dividend.
a dramatic pay-off : OUTCOME, denouement, culmination, conclusion, development, result.