Payout
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Payout is a noun meaning An amount of money paid out.
Meaning
An amount of money paid out.
More Meanings
- (finance) The value of dividends paid to shareholders.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- payouts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include payment, paid, pay, disbursal, disbursement, reimbursement.
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