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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a decent payoff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a satisfactory or reasonable return on investment, effort, or risk.
Example: "After months of hard work, the project finally yielded a decent payoff in terms of increased sales."
Alternatives: "a reasonable return" or "a satisfactory reward."
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"I'm a poor man, so I'm looking for a decent payoff".
The truly impressive thing about Lord Saatchi is that, at a time when most people would have pocketed a decent payoff and slunk off to lick their wounds, he set up a rival company, calling it M&C Saatchi.
Pellegrini will bank a decent payoff, inevitably, and one imagines he might be a good fit ultimately for the Chile national job at some point, with doubts currently surrounding Jorge Sampaoli's position.
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Here's a merger arbitrage with a decent chance of a payoff: Alltel (66, AT), the nation's fifth-largest wireless operator, has agreed to be bought by TPG Capital and a Goldman Sachs unit at $72 a share.
For cooperative members the payoff is a decent home for about half what they would have to pay in the private market – which few could afford.
Yes, Iraq was always going to be hugely difficult, but the potential payoff of erecting a decent, democratizing government in the heart of the Arab world was also enormous.
But it also yields a lower expected payoff for each player than either pure equilibrium, since there is a decent chance that the players' separate randomizing devices will lead to them to different restaurants.
A decent story [graphic].
First, a decent spirit.
A decent suitcase.
A decent man.
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