noun
- The final payment of a debt.
- synonyms: final payment
- Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.
- synonyms: bribe
- The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.
- usage: "the average return was about 5"
- A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.
- usage: "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
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