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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pay off of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the return or benefit received from an investment, effort, or action.
Example: "The project required significant resources, but the pay off of our hard work was evident in the increased sales."
Alternatives: "a return on" or "a benefit from".
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Vickers, an architect of new press watchdog the Independent Press Standards Organisation, will leave with a pay off of more than £400,000.
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One unidentified Barclays employee received a pay-off of £3m.
However, a pay-off of up to £10m may ease the pain a little.
Adam Applegarth, the bank's former chief executive, was given a pay-off of close to £1m after he resigned.
Coming third meant curtains for Philips and he leaves in March (with a pay-off of around £1m).
It has now emerged that Mr Coulson received a pay-off of hundreds of thousands of pounds from Rupert Murdoch's company, News International.
Was it right that the head of a housing association in her constituency had taken redundancy with a pay-off of £397,000?
If a Telegraph report is accurate, (and it has been leading the way on this story), then Harding will pick up a pay-off of £1.3m.
Ancelotti, who is due to start a holiday in Italy today, will receive a pay-off of around £6m, as he has one year left to run on a three-year contract.
He also adopted the motto: "winning", which proved to be quite apt when he sued the producers of the sitcom and received a pay-off of more than $100m.
Linsi is one of Blatter's closest aides, while Battaini was sacked by Zen-Ruffinen for alleged incompetence only for Blatter to give him a pay-off of 1.3million Swiss francs (£600,000).
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