payback

pay·back  (pbk)

n.

1.

a. The return gained from or paid on an investment: "One problem with space ventures is that the up-front costs are enormous and the paybacks uncertain and far off at best" (Eric Gelman).

b. The return on an investment equal to the amount invested: expect a payback within six years.

2. A benefit gained as the result of a previous action.

3. The act or process of paying back.

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

Translations

payback [ˈpeɪbæk]

A. N → restitución f

B. CPD payback period N → período m de restitución

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 qch
payback 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 salariales
pay bed n (British) → lit par opposition aux soins gratuits du système de Sécurité sociale britannique)m (d'hôpital) payant >
pay cheque (British) pay check (US) n → paie f
pay claim n → revendication f salariale
pay cut n → réduction f de salaire
pay day n → jour m de paie
pay deal n → augmentation f de salaire
pay desk n → caisse f
pay dispute n → conflit m salarial