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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