Payoff may refer to: *

Bribery Bribery is the Offer and acceptance, offering, Gift, giving, Offer and acceptance, receiving, or Solicitation, soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty. With reg ...

, an act of implying money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient * A

payoff dominant equilibrium Risk dominance and payoff dominance are two related refinements of the Nash equilibrium (NE) solution concept in game theory, defined by John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten. A Nash equilibrium is considered payoff dominant if it is Pareto superio ...

in game theory *

Payoff matrix In game theory, normal form is a description of a ''game''. Unlike extensive form, normal-form representations are not graphical ''per se'', but rather represent the game by way of a matrix. While this approach can be of greater use in identifying ...

or payoff function in a normal-form game in game theory *

Payoff set Determinacy is a subfield of set theory, a branch of mathematics, that examines the conditions under which one or the other player of a game has a winning strategy, and the consequences of the existence of such strategies. Alternatively and simil ...

in set theory *

Payoff (film) Payoff may refer to: * Bribery, an act of implying money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient * A payoff dominant equilibrium in game theory * Payoff matrix or payoff function in a normal-form game in game theory * Payoff set ...

, a 1991 TV film starring

Keith Carradine Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor who has had success on stage, film, and television. He is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's film ''Nashville'', Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series '' Deadwood ...

* '' Gomez & Tavarès'' (AKA ''Payoff'') a 2003 film * A word for

slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a clan, political slogan, political, Advertising slogan, commercial, religious, and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose, with the goal of persuading members of the publi ...

, used in some countries *

Pay off Pay may refer to: *A wage or salary earned for work *The process of payment Places *Pay-e Borj, a village in Lorestan Province of Iran *Pay-e Kal-e Garab, a village in Ilam Province of Iran * Pay-e Rah, a village in Khuzestan Province of Iran * ...

, to move away, fall off, or be pushed round by the wind * Paying off, in British Commonwealth contexts, a practice originating in the age-of-sail of ending officers' commissions and of paying crew wages once a ship had completed its voyage; see Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning ** Paying off pennant, flown in some navies when a ship is decommissioned; see

Pennant (commissioning) The commissioning pennant (or masthead pennant) is a pennant (also spelled "pendant") flown from the masthead of a warship. The history of flying a commissioning pennant dates back to the days of chivalry with their trail pendants being flown fr ...

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