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payback
[ pey-bak ]
noun
- the period of time required to recoup a capital investment.
- the return on an investment:
This fund yields a payback of 15 percent tax-free.
- the act or fact of paying back; repayment.
- something done in retaliation:
Excluding them from her wedding was a vicious payback for years of being snubbed.
verb phrase
- to repay or return; pay off:
Graduates from this program are successfully paying back their student loans.
- to retaliate against or punish:
She paid us back by refusing the invitation.
- to requite.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of payback1
Example Sentences
He described the new measures as “reciprocal tariffs,†and said they were payback for other countries that unfairly tax U.S. goods.
It is included in the long list of countries dubbed the "worst offenders" that now face higher US rates - payback for unfair trade policies, Trump says.
Michael Howes, a community payback supervisor, said he hoped victims would think the penalty was tough enough.
His team also floated an “offer†to Ukraine straight out of “The Godfatherâ€: Hand over some mineral rights as “payback†for our past help, and maybe we’ll think about letting you keep defending your country.
Friday’s meeting was arranged to discuss Trump’s demand for Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, ostensible “payback†for US military support.
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