Definition of Payback

1. Noun. Financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment).

Generic synonyms: Issue, Payoff, Proceeds, Return, Take, Takings, Yield

2. Noun. The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life. "The swiftness of divine retribution"
Exact synonyms: Retribution, Vengeance
Generic synonyms: Retaliation, Revenge
Derivative terms: Pay Back

Definition of Payback

1. Noun. An act of revenge. ¹

2. Noun. A form of recompense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Payback

1. a return on an investment equal to the original capital outlay [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Payback

pay the bills
pay the debt of nature
pay the fiddler
pay the freight
pay the penalty
pay the piper
pay the price
pay through the nose
pay up
payability
payable
payables
payably
payara
payaras
payback (current term)
payback's a bitch
paybacks
paycheck
paychecks
paycheque
paycheques
paycock
paycocks
payday
payday loan
payday loans
paydays
paydirt
payed

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