Definitions for PAYBACK
ˈpeɪˌbækpay·back

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1. paybacknoun

   financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)

2. vengeance, retribution, paybacknoun

   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"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"

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1. paybacknoun

   An act of revenge.

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

2. paybacknoun

   A form of recompense.

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1. Payback

   Payback is a song by the band Flaw. The song was released as a single from their major-label debut Through the Eyes.

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1. payback

   Payback is a financial term which refers to the period of time required to recoup the funds expended in an investment, or to reach the break-even point. It is a measure used to determine the profitability or feasibility of an investment or project. It can also refer to the act of repaying or giving something back in turn for a favor, help, harm, or wrongdoing.

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1. Payback

   Payback is a 1999 American crime thriller directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Mel Gibson. The film shares the same source material as the 1967 noir-classic Point Blank, directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin; both are based on the book The Hunter, written by Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym of Richard Stark. The film was Helgeland's directorial debut after a career as a screenwriter. Helgeland in 2006 issued a director's cut that differs substantially from the version released by the studio.

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Anagrams for PAYBACK »

1. backpay

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PAYBACK in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PAYBACK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of PAYBACK in a Sentence

1. Zhang Yong:

   I guess it also rings a bell for some countries, which are still struggling to fight COVID-19, that without strict measures, the virus wont be fended off. We fought hard, this is our payback.

2. Lynda Buel:

   People see the ability to commit these' smash-and-grab incidents' knowing that there is little consequence, especially if the thefts are kept below the threshold of a felony offense, it's easy, it's fast, and the payback is good.

3. Joe Kaufman:

   The emails just point out what so many of us believed, that the process was rigged for Hillary Clinton, it looks a little like Wasserman Shultz is getting a payback for her helping get Hillary Clinton elected. … My campaign believes that people who wanted to vote for Wasserman Shultz just should n’t vote at all because a vote for her is a vote for the rigged process.

4. Andy Sullivan:

   I thought it was going to be a really good knock on the front nine, but a few little errant drives meant the rough got its payback on me today.

5. Volodymyr Zelensky:

   For me, as president, a just peace is no compromises as to the sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity of our country, the payback for all the damages inflicted by Russian aggression.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PAYBACK
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Payback
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payback
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=PAYBACK
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=PAYBACK