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3. allowance, maintenance, alimony; subsidy, grant, subvention; pension, annuity; relief, alms, dole, handout, U.S. welfare.
4. requital, redress, repayment; satisfaction, amends, retribution, expiation; indemnification, indemnity, damages, Law. solatium; reward, deserts, due.
5. retaliation, reprisal, vengeance; punishment, chastening, Inf. comeuppance, due, what's coming to one.
6. money, cash, cold cash, Sl. the green stuff, Sl. spondulicks, Sl. shekels.
7. wages, salary, pay. See - pay (def. 7).
payoff, n. 1. (all of a debt, wager, etc.) payment, paying off, settlement, liquidation, discharge, fulfillment; remuneration, compensation, reimbursement, refund, rebate, return; remittance, installment, partial payment, initial payment, handsel, deposit, down payment, Insurance, premium.
2. Informal, bribe, Inf. kickback, Inf. payola, Inf. plugola, Inf. hush money, Inf. protection or protection money, Sl. boodle; ransom or ransom money, price.
3. settlement, reckoning, day of reckoning, judgment day, final judgment or reckoning; justice, retribution, reward, punishment, due, just deserts.
4. Informal, consequence, outcome, sequel, result, end result, upshot; conclusion, resolution, denouement, solution; final sequence or scene, concluding episode, finale, grand finale; end, termination, close, windup, finish; consummation, fulfillment, completion, perfection, final touch or stroke; summing up, summary, wrap-up, epilogue.
5. Informal, climax, culmination, capper, punch line, Journ. Sl. kicker; acme, zenith, peak, pinnacle, height, high point, crowning point, supreme moment, moment of glory, orgasm; extremity, extreme, maximum, max., utmost, uttermost, U.S. Sl. the most, U.S. Sl. the greatest, U.S. Sl. the tops.
pea, n. 1. chickpea, garbanzo, black-eyed pea, cow-pea, snow pea.
2. bead, globule, spherule, spheroid, ball, shot, marble, pearl; pill, tablet, pellet, capsule, oval; drop, dew-drop, tear.
peace, n. 1. peacefulness, warlessness, nonwar, lack of warfare, absence of conflict or hostilities.
2. pacification, appeasement, reconciliation, settlement; truce, armistice, treaty, cease-fire, cessation or suspension of hostilities, end of war; abeyance, lull, interlude, respite, breathing spell, Inf. letup.
3. harmony, harmoniousness, symphony, consonance, concordance, concord, accord; compatability, cooperativeness, cooperation, rapport, entente cordiale, detente; amity, amicableness, amiability, friendliness, friendship, cordiality, good will, brotherhood, comradeship, fellowship, unity, oneness.
4. public order, law and order, orderliness.
5. tranquillity, tranquilness, serenity, sereneness, calmness, calm, placidness, placidity; peace of mind, ataraxia, contentment, contentedness, satisfaction, wellbeing; ease, comfort, rest, repose, complacence, resignation.
6. quiet, quietude, quietness, silence, hush; quiescence, quiescency, stillness, still, motionlessness, inactivity; restfulness, peace and quiet, peaceableness. -interj. 7. silence, quiet, quiet down, keep it down, keep still, shh, hush, Inf. shut up, Inf. shut your mouth,
peaceable, adj. 1. pacific, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, dovish, irenic; nonargumentative, nonquarrel-some, nonquarreling, uncontentious, unbelligerent, nonbelligerent, unpugnacious, nonviolent, noncom-bative, unbellicose, unwarlike, nonwarring, neutral; gentle, gentle as a lamb or kitten, mild-mannered,
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