payoff

récompense, bénéfice

Avantage ou bon résultat obtenu grâce à des efforts ou à un travail.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : payoff for something (The payoff for months of training was a medal.)

Synonymes : reward, benefit

Expressions courantes : big payoff, payoff for something, long-term payoff

rendement, gain

Somme gagnée grâce à un investissement.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : return, profit

Expressions courantes : investment payoff, expected payoff, financial payoff

pot-de-vin

Argent donné en secret pour pousser quelqu’un à faire quelque chose de malhonnête ou d’illégal.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : bribe

Expressions courantes : secret payoff, illegal payoff, payoff to someone

remboursement intégral

Paiement qui règle la totalité d’une dette.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : settlement, full payment

Expressions courantes : loan payoff, mortgage payoff, final payoff