payoff

見返り、成果

努力や仕事によって得られる利益やよい結果。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： payoff for something (The payoff for months of training was a medal.)

類義語： reward, benefit

よく使う表現： big payoff, payoff for something, long-term payoff

収益、リターン

投資によって得られるお金。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： return, profit

よく使う表現： investment payoff, expected payoff, financial payoff

賄賂

不正や違法なことをさせるため、ひそかに渡すお金。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： bribe

よく使う表現： secret payoff, illegal payoff, payoff to someone

完済

借りているお金をすべて返す支払い。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： settlement, full payment

よく使う表現： loan payoff, mortgage payoff, final payoff