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payback
[pey-bak]
noun
the period of time required to recoup a capital investment.
the return on an investment.
This fund yields a payback of 15 percent tax-free.
the act or fact of paying back; repayment.
something done in retaliation.
Excluding them from her wedding was a vicious payback for years of being snubbed.
verb phrase
to repay or return; pay off.
Graduates from this program are successfully paying back their student loans.
to retaliate against or punish.
She paid us back by refusing the invitation.
to requite.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of payback1
Example Sentences
Of course, the millionaires who own almost the entirety of the stock market will resist even a small percentage payback to the country that made them rich.
Victory was also payback for Humphries after he lost last year's final to Littler as their rivalry continues to grow.
Benjamin Wilson, 20, was given a two-year community payback order after being convicted of assaulting Dowling by hitting him on the head with a bottle in the same incident.
This day, when a new chapter was written in Palace's history, is the payback for that show of faith.
Trump said this was payback for years worth of unfair trade policies for the US.
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