What does PAYBACK mean?

Definitions for PAYBACK
ˈpeɪˌbækpay·back

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. paybacknoun

    financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)

  2. vengeance, retribution, paybacknoun

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. paybacknoun

    An act of revenge.

    They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback.

  2. paybacknoun

    A form of recompense.

Wikipedia

  1. Payback

    Payback is a song by the band Flaw. The song was released as a single from their major-label debut Through the Eyes.

ChatGPT

  1. payback

    Payback is a financial term which refers to the period of time required to recoup the funds expended in an investment, or to reach the break-even point. It is a measure used to determine the profitability or feasibility of an investment or project. It can also refer to the act of repaying or giving something back in turn for a favor, help, harm, or wrongdoing.

Wikidata

  1. Payback

    Payback is a 1999 American crime thriller directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Mel Gibson. The film shares the same source material as the 1967 noir-classic Point Blank, directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin; both are based on the book The Hunter, written by Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym of Richard Stark. The film was Helgeland's directorial debut after a career as a screenwriter. Helgeland in 2006 issued a director's cut that differs substantially from the version released by the studio.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PAYBACK in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PAYBACK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of PAYBACK in a Sentence

  1. Kyle Larson:

    I saw Kevin get into Chase, get his payback I ’m guessing. But, man, Chase’s team did such a good job fighting through that, i think any other race in the season, you ’ll probably give up and just patch it together the best you can, and the driver also is probably going to limp it around and accept that they are n’t going to make the next round.

  2. Chief Executive Dominic Taylor:

    It is harder to make a return, payback is delayed... therefore we believe our businesses in parking and online payment are better placed in the hand of another investor of that type that is able to take them forward.

  3. Chief Executive Dave McKay:

    We would consider strategic options to make small acquisitions that could help accelerate growth in the United States and provide a good payback to shareholders in a reasonable period of time.

  4. Zhang Yong:

    I guess it also rings a bell for some countries, which are still struggling to fight COVID-19, that without strict measures, the virus wont be fended off. We fought hard, this is our payback.

  5. Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala:

    Grassroots stimulus through consumption is not the answer, stimulus through personal debt is just a time bomb. The benefit will be short lived, and the payback painful.

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