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1. (n.) payback
the period of time required to recoup a capital investment.
2. payback
the return on an investment.
Etymology: (1955–60)
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1. (noun) payback
financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
2. (noun) vengeance, retribution, payback
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
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