payback

pay·back

 (pā′băk′)

n.

1. The return on an investment.

2. Retribution or revenge.

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pay•back

(ˈpeɪˌbæk)

n.

1. the period of time required to recoup a capital investment.

2. the return on an investment.

[1955–60]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	payback - financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff, issue, return - the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
	2.	payback - 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" vengeance, retribution retaliation, revenge - action taken in return for an injury or offense

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Translations

payback

[ˈpeɪbæk]

A. N → restitución f

B. CPD payback period N → período m de restitución

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

payback

pay-back [ˈpeɪbæk] n (= benefit) (from investment) → bénéfice m; (from action) → avantage m
We need some payback in return for amnesties
BUT Il faut que ces amnisties nous rapportent quelque chose.
a payback from sth (financial) → le bénéfice tiré de qchpayback time n

(= time to take the consequences)
They did wrong and this summer will be payback time → Ils ont mal agi, et cet été ils devront en subir les conséquences.

(= time for reward)
This will repay his faith in us. It's payback time → Il a cru en nous et maintenant il va en être récompensé.pay bargaining n → négociations fpl salarialespay bed n (British) → lit m (d'hôpital) payant (par opposition aux soins gratuits du système de Sécurité sociale britannique)pay cheque (British) pay check (US) n → paie fpay claim n → revendication f salarialepay cut n → réduction f de salairepay day n → jour m de paiepay deal n → augmentation f de salairepay desk n → caisse fpay dispute n → conflit m salarial

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