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pay-out

pay-out is the alternative form of payout.

Meaning of payout

Noun

payout (plural payouts)

  1. An amount of money paid out.
    • The maximum payout from this fruit machine is £20.
  2. The value of dividends paid to shareholders.

Forms of pay-out

pluralpay-outs

Questions about pay-out

What is pay-out the alternative form of?
Pay-out is the alternative form of payout.

Words near pay-out in the dictionary

  1. pay-in slip
  2. pay-in slips
  3. pay-neutral
  4. pay-off
  5. pay-offs
  6. pay-out
  7. pay-outs
  8. pay-per-click
  9. pay-per-install
  10. pay-per-installs
  11. pay-per-view

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pay-out (page history and authors); payout (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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