Payoff may refer to: *

Bribery Bribery is the corrupt solicitation, payment, or Offer and acceptance, acceptance of a private favor (a bribe) in exchange for official action. The purpose of a bribe is to influence the actions of the recipient, a person in charge of an official ...

, an act of implying money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient * A payoff dominant equilibrium in game theory *

Payoff matrix In game theory, normal form is a description of a ''game''. Unlike extensive-form game, extensive form, normal-form representations are not Graph (discrete mathematics), graphical ''per se'', but rather represent the game by way of a matrix (mathe ...

or payoff function in a normal-form game in game theory * Payoff set in set theory * Payoff (film), a 1991 TV film starring

Keith Carradine Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor. In film he is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's ''Nashville'', E. J. Bellocq in Louis Malle's ''Pretty Baby'', and Mickey in Alan Rudolph's '' Choose Me.'' ...

* '' Gomez & Tavarès'' (AKA ''Payoff'') a 2003 film * A word for

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, used in some countries *

Pay off Pay or PAY may refer to: *A wage or salary earned for work *The process of payment Places * Pay-e Borj, a village in Lorestan Province of Iran *Pay-e Kal-e Garab, a village in Ilam Province of Iran * Pay-e Rah, a village in Khuzestan Province of ...

, nautical term * Paying off, in British Commonwealth contexts, a practice originating in the age-of-sail of ending officers' commissions and of paying crew wages once a ship had completed its voyage; see Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning ** Paying off pennant, flown in some navies when a ship is decommissioned; see

Pennant (commissioning) The commissioning pennant (or masthead pennant) is a Pennon, pennant (also spelled "pendant") flown from the Mast (sailing), masthead of a warship. The history of flying a commissioning pennant dates back to the days of chivalry with their trail ...

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