A payment. / A reward. / A bribe. / (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction. / (baseball) Short for payoff pitch.

(informal, Britain, Australia) Unacceptable or impossible.

(baseball) The circle drawn or painted on the field where the next batter to hit waits.

(nautical) On the deck of a ship, especially of a captain or officer; in charge. / (baseball) Being the batter who will be up next, typically when that player is waiting on the field.

(idiomatic, transitive) To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret.

(slang) To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight. / (slang) To beat heavily on anything.

(transitive) To turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device. / (idiomatic) To lose interest, and start thinking about something else.

(idiomatic, obsolete) To finish a job.

An area in Gloucestershire, between the rivers Severn and Wye, with a long history of mining.

(euphemistic) A female prostitute. / Brunfelsia spp.