[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.", "the time at which such payment is made.", "the consequence, outcome, or final sequence in a series of events, actions, or circumstances:The payoff was when they fired him.Synonyms: finale , upshot , climax", "Informal.the climax of something, especially a story or joke.", "a settlement or reckoning, as in retribution or reward.", "Informal.a bribe."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["yielding results, especially rewarding or decisive results:The payoff play was the long pass into the end zone."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to pay (someone) everything that is due that person, especially to do so and discharge from one's employ.to pay (a debt) in full.Informal.to bribe.to retaliate upon or punish; pay back pay back.to result in success or failure:The risk paid off handsomely.Nautical.to fall off to leeward.", "to pay (someone) everything that is due that person, especially to do so and discharge from one's employ.", "to pay (a debt) in full.", "Informal.to bribe.", "to retaliate upon or punish; pay back pay back.", "to result in success or failure:The risk paid off handsomely.", "Nautical.to fall off to leeward."]}]