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- noun Plural form of
payoff .
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Examples
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Bernanke argued that if that money had been channeled into building new factories and roads in the United States, instead of ever-higher property values, it might have had long-term payoffs and global investors and ordinary Americans might have been better off.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says U.S. policy isn't causing global financial woes 2011
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Both parties take huge payoffs from the business community it return for boosting profits at the expense of the American People.
CNN Poll: Blame for recession shifting from GOP to Democrats 2009
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To that end, the Department will both encourage a culture of change and be prudent with its "seed corn," balancing reductions necessitated by resource pressures with the imperative to sustain key streams of innovation that may provide significant long-term payoffs.
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe: The Devil Is in the Details of the Pentagon's Plan Robert Greenwald 2012
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Bernanke argued that if that money had been channeled into building new factories and roads in the United States, instead of ever-higher property values, it might have had long-term payoffs and global investors and ordinary Americans might have been better off.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says U.S. policy isn't causing global financial woes 2011
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They are a classy group that believes in payoffs and violence so that would make sense. awaitingliberalizationbyCNN
Poll: New Jersey voters embarrassed by corruption sting 2009
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This poor man has overstepped his ability at gaining sanity or logic, but we guess what hes making in payoffs for a couple of years service to the Corporate Fascists is more than what most Americans will make in their lifetimes. not alone
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To that end, the Department will both encourage a culture of change and be prudent with its "seed corn," balancing reductions necessitated by resource pressures with the imperative to sustain key streams of innovation that may provide significant long-term payoffs.
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe: The Devil Is in the Details of the Pentagon's Plan Robert Greenwald 2012
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Mr. Zuiker appreciates this hands-off approach; he's also hoping for long-term payoffs from the channel as a "testing ground."
Web TV's New Lineup John Jurgensen 2012
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Bernanke argued that if that money had been channeled into building new factories and roads in the United States, instead of ever-higher property values, it might have had long-term payoffs and global investors and ordinary Americans might have been better off.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says U.S. policy isn't causing global financial woes 2011
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There are short-term payoffs that self-sufficient people experience such as singular control, approval from others, career enhancement and self-confidence, all of which act as a catalyst for the behavior.
Jeana Lee Tahnk: Why Is It So Difficult to Ask for Help? Jeana Lee Tahnk 2010
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