payback

See also: pay back

English

Etymology

pay +‎ back, from the verb phrase.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪbæk/

Noun

payback (usually uncountable, plural paybacks)

(uncountable) An act of revenge.
They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback.
(countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
- 2009 February 2, Carol Goar, “You can help cleaners earn decent wages”, in Toronto Star‎:
  They identify three tangible paybacks.
A return on investment
(rare) A refund, reimbursement

Synonyms

Translations

an act of revenge

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: venjança (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: takaisinmaksu (fi), kosto (fi)

German: Rache (de) f, Revanche (de) f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: forra (pt) f (Brazil), troco (pt) m
Russian: месть (ru) f (mestʹ), воздая́ние (ru) n (vozdajánije), возме́здие (ru) n (vozmézdije)
Spanish: venganza (es) f, desquite (es) m, revancha (es) f

a form of recompense

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kompensaatio (fi)

German: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: retorno (pt) m
Russian: вознагражде́ние (ru) n (voznagraždénije), награ́да (ru) f (nagráda)
Spanish: recompensa (es) f

See also

Anagrams

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