How do you use Payoff in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like payment or consequence, plus the exact meaning.
Payoff meaning
Alternative form of pay-off.
Synonyms of Payoff
Using Payoff
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of pay-off.
- Useful related words include: payment, consequence, reward, wages.
- In the example corpus, payoff often appears in combinations such as: the payoff, payoff of, payoff for.
Context around Payoff
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Payoff
- In this selection, "payoff" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, maximum, minimum, huge, matrix, 100 and received stand out and add context to how "payoff" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a huge payoff when it and a nice payoff. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "payoff" sits close to words such as aleksandr, anecdotes and annum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with payoff
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And then on your payoff, did you have anything material in 2021? (12 words)
But the real payoff for these higher margin precision solution kicks in 2024. (13 words)
According to the Cambridge University study, robots typically cause early losses before they can yield a payoff. (17 words)
Check each player in turn: * The row player can play T, which guarantees him a payoff of at least 2 (playing B is risky since it can lead to payoff -100, and playing M can result in a payoff of -10). (41 words)
Cohen pleads guilty in the federal investigation admitting to his role in AMI’s payoff to McDougal (Woman 1) to influence the election, according to the indictment, and saying in his plea that he had done so at Trump’s direction. (41 words)
The name minimax arises because each player minimizes the maximum payoff possible for the other—since the game is zero-sum, he/she also minimizes his/their own maximum loss (i.e. maximize his/her minimum payoff). (37 words)
And then on your payoff, did you have anything material in 2021? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Check each player in turn: * The row player can play T, which guarantees him a payoff of at least 2 (playing B is risky since it can lead to payoff -100, and playing M can result in a payoff of -10).
Equivalently, Player 1's strategy guarantees him a payoff of V regardless of Player 2's strategy, and similarly Player 2 can guarantee himself a payoff of −V.
Nash equilibria in a payoff matrix There is an easy numerical way to identify Nash equilibria on a payoff matrix.
The first number is the payoff received by the row player (Player 1 in our example); the second is the payoff for the column player (Player 2 in our example).
The name minimax arises because each player minimizes the maximum payoff possible for the other—since the game is zero-sum, he/she also minimizes his/their own maximum loss (i.e. maximize his/her minimum payoff).
The theory predicts that absent complicating factors, an animal should leave a resource patch when the rate of payoff (amount of food) falls below the average rate of payoff for the entire area.
According to Africa News on Sunday, the aggrieved students shut down the campus in protest, from Wednesday, over the exclusion of students who cannot afford to register for the new academic year and payoff debt.
According to the Cambridge University study, robots typically cause early losses before they can yield a payoff.
Already a two-time Emmy winner, he’s thrilled the show is getting recognized but is not counting on a huge payoff when it comes to the big night, now set for Jan.
And maybe that’s because the form’s limitations allow for an expansiveness whose effectiveness is both wildly useful for creating emotional payoff, and simultaneously deeply unwieldy to corral.
And really no payoff at all for the likes of Robert Kaplan, a renowned journalist and author of two dozen books.
And then on your payoff, did you have anything material in 2021?
Another payoff awaits this fall when you pop open jars of preserved foods and bottles of bubbly drinks for family and friends.
At 26 years old, he’s entering a free agent year with a chance to have the kind of payoff Judge had with the Yankees last season.
But the real payoff for these higher margin precision solution kicks in 2024.
But there also is the payoff factor, and that led to new math in the wake of the trade deadline.
Cohen pleads guilty in the federal investigation admitting to his role in AMI’s payoff to McDougal (Woman 1) to influence the election, according to the indictment, and saying in his plea that he had done so at Trump’s direction.
Despite Star Wars: The Clone Wars' loose, almost storytelling methodology, knowing correct viewing order improves its continuity and narrative payoff.
Dre does so in the end, with implying Ni'Jah is her payoff and that her rampage has been justified.
Florida State, Clemson, North Carolina and Miami have shorter odds than Pitt, but there are a couple of keys that could lead to a nice payoff.
Common combinations with payoff
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the payoff 56×
- payoff of 19×
- payoff for 19×
- payoff to 16×
- payoff is 10×
- of payoff 9×
- payoff and 8×
- emotional payoff 7×
- payoff in 7×
- big payoff 6×