B2nounmoneybusiness
US/ˈpeɪ.aʊt/
UK/ˈpeɪ.aʊt/
a large amount of money that is paid to someone, for example by a company or insurer
In context
The insurance company agreed to a payout of ten thousand dollars.
Shareholders will receive a big payout at the end of the year.
The winner of the lottery got a record payout.
Words that go with payout
noun + noun
- insurance payoutThe insurance payout covered the cost of the repairs.
- lottery payoutThe lottery payout was shared between two winners.
verb + noun
- receive a payoutHe received a payout after the accident.
adjective + noun
- huge payoutThe company made a huge payout to its investors.
- maximum payoutThe maximum payout is fifty thousand dollars.
noun + preposition
- payout to shareholdersThere was a large payout to shareholders last year.