buyoff

[ bahy-awf, -of ]

noun

, Informal.

1. an act or instance of buying off; payment or bribe:

   The increased retirement benefit was a buyoff for employees who wanted salary increases.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buyoff¹

Noun use of verb phrase buy off

Example Sentences

One prior “no” vote, Staten Island Rep. Dan Donovan, told me Thursday afternoon that the new proposal doesn’t move him because it doesn’t address his existing concerns: the hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts, the “Buffalo buyoff” provision that effectively transfers Medicaid costs from upstate New York counties to New York City, and the soaring Congressional Budget Office premium projections for lower-income seniors.

From Slate

He identifies a top player who is susceptible to a buyoff.

From Slate

My app of the festival season, though, is Hide and Seek's Board Game Remix Kit, which offers the chance to mash-up your board game favourites: in Buyoff, you can barter your way through Scrabble; in A-Z, you can combine Monopoly with Trivial Pursuit by playing a cabby carrying passengers round the board.

From The Guardian

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