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pay back

verb

  1. to retaliate against

    to pay someone back for an insult

  2. to give or do (something equivalent) in return for a favour, insult, etc
  3. to repay (a loan)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

    1. the return on an investment
    2. Also calledpayback period the time taken for a project to cover its outlay
    1. something done in order to gain revenge
    2. ( as modifier )

      payback killings

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“As long as interest rates are lower, borrowing costs are managed and as long as you’re paying back the debt.”

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"If they came down to see them working and see what they do. They are paying back to the community for the crimes they have committed," he said.

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Plagued by the Internal Revenue Service, disgruntled neighbors and bad PR, Kilmer had to sell his ranch to pay back taxes and overdue child support.

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After that trial at Oxford Crown Court, a judge ruled Sheen had personally made £900,000 from the crimes - but was ordered to pay back just £1.

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Lawmakers will have also have to pay back the $3.4 billion loan at some point in the budget process.

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