What does pay out mean?
Pay out means An amount of money paid out..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
An amount of money paid out..
The maximum payout from this fruit machine is £20.
According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
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Pay out means An amount of money paid out..
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The maximum payout from this fruit machine is £20.
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