After months of sacrifice, the team's hard work finally led to a substantial payoff.

The investors discussed the possible payoffs from the two different strategies before making a decision.

In the experiment, the researchers designed a payoff function that assigned higher rewards to cooperative strategies to study stable equilibria.

With the bases loaded and two outs, the catcher called for a low, sinking payoff pitch to try to get the strikeout.

The economist analyzed how different payoff functions affect cooperation in repeated games.

The team prepared several payoff pitches to convince the investors before the deadline.