pay-off

n (infml 口) 1 act or occasion of paying money (esp a bribe) to sb 付给某人钱（尤指贿赂）. 2 deserved reward or punishment （应有的）报偿, 惩罚. 3 climax of a story or of a series of events （故事或事件的）高潮.

pay attention to sth., pay back, pay dirt, pay for, pay for sth, pay for sth., pay honour to, pay off, pay out, pay phone, pay phone (US `pay station), pay respect to, pay sth in; pay sth into sth, pay sth out, pay the price, pay up, pay-as-you-earn, pay-bed, pay-claim, pay-day, pay-packet, pay-slip, pay...down, payable, PAYE, payee, payer, paying guest, payload, paymaster, payment, payoff, payola, payroll, PC, pd, Pde, PDSA, PDT, PE,