payback

payback

See also: pay back

English

Etymology

pay +‎ back, from the verb phrase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪbæk/

Noun

payback (usually uncountable, plural paybacks)

1. (uncountable) An act of revenge.

   They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback.

2. (countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
   • 2009 February 2, Carol Goar, “You can help cleaners earn decent wages”, in Toronto Star‎:

     They identify three tangible paybacks.

3. A return on investment
4. (rare) A refund, reimbursement

Synonyms

• just deserts
• poetic justice

Translations

an act of revenge

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Catalan: venjança (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: takaisinmaksu (fi), kosto (fi)

German: Rache (de) f, Revanche (de) f Japanese: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: forra (pt) f (Brazil), troco (pt) m Russian: месть (ru) f (mestʹ), воздая́ние (ru) n (vozdajánije), возме́здие (ru) n (vozmézdije) Spanish: venganza (es) f, desquite (es) m, revancha (es) f

a form of recompense

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Catalan: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kompensaatio (fi)

German: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: retorno (pt) m Russian: вознагражде́ние (ru) n (voznagraždénije), награ́да (ru) f (nagráda) Spanish: recompensa (es) f

See also

• have it coming
• pay back

Anagrams

• backpay