Synonyms of the word

payoff

• n. Alternative spelling of pay-off.

aftermath

• n. (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the…
• n. That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying…

bribe

• n. Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
• n. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
• v. (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something, usually against his/her…
• v. (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.

consequence

• n. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
• n. A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
• n. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results…
• n. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
• n. Importance with respect to what comes after.
• n. The power to influence or produce an effect.
• n. (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.
• v. (transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

income

• n. Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
• n. (obsolete) A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
• n. (archaic or dialectal, Scotland) A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.
• n. (obsolete) An entrance-fee.
• n. (archaic) A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage…
• n. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from…
• n. That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible,…

issue

• n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly.
• n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly.
• n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly.
• n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly.
• n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly.
• n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly.
• n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
• n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
• n. (figuratively, originally WWI military slang, usually with definite article) All of something.
• v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
• v. To rush out, to sally forth.
• v. To extend into, to open onto.
• v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
• v. (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
• v. To send out; to put into circulation.
• v. To deliver for use.
• v. To deliver by authority.

payment

• n. (uncountable) The act of paying.
• n. (countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

proceeds

• n. Revenue; gross revenue.
• n. Profits; net revenue.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of proceed.

return

• v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
• v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
• v. (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
• v. (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
• v. (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
• v. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
• v. (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
• v. (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
• v. (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in…
• v. (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, dated) To retort; to throw back.
• v. (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
• v. (by extension, Britain) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
• n. The act of returning.
• n. A return ticket.
• n. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
• n. An answer.
• n. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc…
• n. Gain or loss from an investment.
• n. (taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax…
• n. (computing) A carriage return character.
• n. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
• n. (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
• n. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
• n. (American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
• n. (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
• n. (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building,…

reward

• n. Something of value given in return for an act.
• n. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch.
• n. The result of an action, whether good or bad.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward.
• v. (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
• v. (transitive) To recompense.

take

• v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
• v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove.
• v. (transitive) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
• v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
• v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
• v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
• v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
• v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
• v. (transitive) To consume.
• v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
• v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
• v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
• v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
• v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
• v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
• v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
• v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
• v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
• v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
• v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
• v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
• v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
• v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
• v. (transitive) To require.
• v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
• v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
• v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
• v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
• v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
• v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
• v. (transitive) To move into.
• v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
• v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
• v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
• v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
• v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
• v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
• v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
• v. (transitive) To deal with.
• v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
• v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
• v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
• v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
• v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
• v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
• n. The or an act of taking.
• n. Something that is taken; a haul.
• n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
• n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
• n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
• n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
• n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
• n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
• n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
• n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

takings

• n. plural of taking.

wages

• n. plural of wage.
• n. (in the plural) one's total income for a time period.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wage.

yield

• v. (obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
• v. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
• v. To give way; to allow another to pass first.
• v. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
• v. (intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.
• v. To produce as return, as from an investment.
• v. (mathematics) To produce as a result.
• v. (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
• v. (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo…
• v. (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
• n. (obsolete) Payment; tribute.
• n. A product; the quantity of something produced.
• n. (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.