PAYOFFS Antonyms

• anything that is owed to someone else

• something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

• the state of owing something (especially money)

• money or goods or services owed by one person to another

• an obligation to pay or do something

• amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

• the act of spending or disbursing money

• amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

• a detriment or sacrifice

• money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

• reduce the estimated value of something

• leaving a place or a position

• retiring from a position or office

• at ease in talking to others

• the act of spending or disbursing money

• money paid out; an amount spent

• located or originating from above

• the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

• (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command

• (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing

• a transparency for use with an overhead projector

• (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship

• a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head

• above your head; in the sky

• above the head; over the head

• the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

• a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

• the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition

• (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game