[
US
/ˈpeɪˌbæk/
]
[ UK /pˈeɪbæk/ ]
[ UK /pˈeɪbæk/ ]
NOUN
- financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
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the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord
the swiftness of divine retribution
For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge
he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
How To Use payback In A Sentence
- The other payback is the obvious reduction in weaning stress experienced by calves already eating creep.
- When you actually ignore reality for years on end, the payback is a bitch brother! ... - Boing Boing
- I haven't forgotten the 'blackwash', the 'summer of 4 captains' and the excruciating Ashes defeats and dead rubber victories........now it's time for some payback. The Ashes 2010-11: Aussies beware – cricket is taking a kicking | Kevin Mitchell
- The pension payback is even getting the seal of approval from national observers.
- The payback on such items can be surprisingly attractive.
- So I figured he deserved some payback, just enough to make a fool of himself.
- His whole idea of payback worked because clearly Arianne was jealous.
- The gang had been tipped off and now it was payback time for this offence. Times, Sunday Times
- Now those motorists want payback. Times, Sunday Times
- Give things time to show payback or return on your initial investment.
