pay·off / ˈpāˌôf/ • n. inf. a payment made to someone, esp. as a bribe or reward, or on leaving a job: widespread rumors of payoffs and kickbacks in the party. ∎  the return on an investment or a bet. ∎  a final outcome; a conclusion: it gave them the idea for the payoff of last night's episode.

Payoff ★★ 1991 (R)

An ex-cop discovers the identity of gangsters who killed his parents. He traces them to a Lake Tahoe resort and plots revenge. Familiar crime story with a good cast. 111m/C VHS . Keith Carradine, Kim Greist, Harry Dean Stanton, John Saxon, Jeff Corey; D: Stuart Cooper; W: Douglas S. Cook; M: Charles Bernstein.