payout
pronunciation
How to pronounce payout in British English:
UK [ˈpeɪaʊt]
How to pronounce payout in American English:
US [ˈpeˌaʊt]
Word Origin
- payout (n.)
- 1904, from pay (v.) + out. Originally in reference to oil wells that produced enough to justify the expense of drilling them.
Example
- 1. Deere 's dividend payout has been doubled and its debt rating has been upgraded .
- 2. He reckons it means corporate research can look farther ahead , do bigger things and risk more money for a big payout .
- 3. Forst said university leaders have delayed setting the endowment payout rate for the next fiscal year-a figure generally announced the december before-until harvard 's schools can reevaluate their budgets .
- 4. Prime minister naoto kan accepted the conclusion reached by the welfare and other ministers concerned whom he had asked to consider whether the government should lower the payout level in fiscal 2011 starting in april , the officials said .
- 5. Firms won 't want to lose their " talent " : witness goldman sachs 's unusual mid year payout of restricted shares for partners affected by britain 's bonus tax .