payoff
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payoff(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (payment)
b. la liquidación (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Payoff of this debt means the company will have more money to invest each month.La liquidación de esta deuda significa que la compañía tendrá más dinero para invertir cada mes.
a. la indemnización por despido (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Dan used his payoff to set up a business of his own.Dan usó la indemnización por despido para montar un negocio propio.
3. (bribe)
a. el soborno (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Sources talk of payoffs as high as half a million dollars.Fuentes informadas indican que hubo sobornos de hasta medio millón de dólares.
b. la mordida (F) (Central America) (Mexico)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
A large payoff made sure the company got the contract.Una buena mordida garantizó que la empresa se adjudicara el contrato.
c. la coima (F) (Andes) (Southern Cone)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Everybody knows they were giving the customs officers payoffs.Todo el mundo sabe que daban coimas a los inspectores de aduana.
4. (colloquial) (benefit)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la compensación (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Do as he tells you and you'll get your payoff later on.Haz lo que él te diga y ya recibirás tu compensación más tarde.
b. los beneficios (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He won't invest unless he's sure he'll get a quick payoff.No va a invertir si no está seguro de recibir beneficios rápidos.
5. (colloquial) (revenge)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el ajuste de cuentas (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It looks like payoff for trying to rip off one of the drug gangs.Esto parece ser un ajuste de cuentas por haber intentado robar a una de las bandas de narcos.
6. (colloquial) (outcome) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. el desenlace (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The payoff was that they both ended up in jail.El desenlace fue que los dos acabaron en la cárcel.
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