payback

See also pay back

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /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 form of recompense.
   • 2009 February 2, Carol Goar, “You can help cleaners earn decent wages”, Toronto Star:

     They identify three tangible paybacks.

Synonyms

• just deserts, poetic justice

Translations

an act of revenge

• Catalan: venjança (ca) f
• German: Rache (de) f, Revanche (de) f
• Portuguese: forra (pt) f (Brazil), troco (pt) m

• Russian: месть (ru) (mestʹ) f , воздаяние (ru) (vozdajánije) n , возмездие (ru) (vozmézdije) n 
• Spanish: venganza (es) f, desquite (es) m, revancha (es) f

a form of recompense

• Russian: вознаграждение (ru) (voznagraždénije) n , награда (ru) (nagráda) f 

• Spanish: recompensa (es) f

See also

• have it coming
• pay back

Anagrams

• backpay