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pay back
verb
- to retaliate against
to pay someone back for an insult
- to give or do (something equivalent) in return for a favour, insult, etc
- to repay (a loan)
noun
- the return on an investment
- Also calledpayback period the time taken for a project to cover its outlay
- something done in order to gain revenge
- ( as modifier )
payback killings
Example Sentences
“As long as interest rates are lower, borrowing costs are managed and as long as you’re paying back the debt.”
"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.
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.
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.
Lawmakers will have also have to pay back the $3.4 billion loan at some point in the budget process.
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