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payoff goal [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1988-11-01
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Team Sports (General)
- Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- payoff goal
1, record 1, English, payoff%20goal
correct, see observation
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A goal scored which pays for all the hours of training and hard work. 1, record 1, English, - payoff%20goal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Usually the goal which makes the team the winner of a series, a championship or a title. Used in sports where goals are scored as in hockey, athletic broomball, ringette, water polo, etc. 1, record 1, English, - payoff%20goal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
payoff: (Informal). A dividing of the returns from some undertaking among those having an interest in it. 2, record 1, English, - payoff%20goal
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
- Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- but payant
1, record 1, French, but%20payant
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- but victorieux 1, record 1, French, but%20victorieux
correct, see observation, masculine noun
- but décisif 1, record 1, French, but%20d%C3%A9cisif
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
But marqué qui rapporte ou profite à l'équipe qui en est l'auteur en en faisant le gagnant de la série, du championnat ou du titre convoité et qui compense pour les nombreuses heures d'entraînement et d'effort. 1, record 1, French, - but%20payant
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
but payant : Expression au figuré qui rend le mieux le terme anglais. Les deux autres expressions sont des équivalents corrects dans un mode de penser français. 1, record 1, French, - but%20payant
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
payant : (Figuré) Qui paie, qui profite, rapporte. 2, record 1, French, - but%20payant
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Termes utilisés dans les sports où des buts sont marqués comme au hockey, un ballon sur glace, à la ringuette, au water-polo, etc. 1, record 1, French, - but%20payant
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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