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^[1]:

     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