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 in set theory Payoff (film), a 1991 TV film starring Keith Carradine Gomez & Tavarès (AKA Payoff) a 2003 film A word for slogan, used in some countries Pay off, nautical term 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 result of a setup in storytelling

See also The Payoff (disambiguation)