- payback
- noun Date: 1955 1. a return on an investment equal to the original capital outlay; also the period of time elapsed before an investment is recouped 2. requital
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payback — (n.) 1950, net return on profits from an investment, from PAY (Cf. pay) (v.) + BACK (Cf. back) (adj.). Meaning revenge is attested from 1957 … Etymology dictionary
payback — [n] return accrual, accruement, compensation, gain, gate, income, interest, proceeds, profit, reciprocation, recompense, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, reward, take, yield; concepts 340,710 … New thesaurus
payback — [pā′bak΄] n. 1. the act or an instance of paying back 2. return, as on an investment of capital … English World dictionary
Payback — The length of time it takes to recover the initial cost of a project, without regard to the time value of money. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * payback pay‧back [ˈpeɪbæk] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. FINANCE the money or rewards… … Financial and business terms
payback — The length of time it takes to recover the initial cost of a project, without regard to the time value of money. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * payback pay‧back [ˈpeɪbæk] noun [countable, uncountable] 1. FINANCE the money or rewards gained… … Financial and business terms
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Payback — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Payback est un film américain réalisé par Addison Randall en 1988. Payback est un film américain réalisé par Russell Solberg en 1990. Payback est un film… … Wikipédia en Français
payback — pay|back [ peı,bæk ] noun singular or uncount 1. ) a result of doing something: The no smoking policy offers a payback of improved employee health. a ) a bad or unpleasant thing that someone does to you after you have done something bad or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
payback — [[t]pe͟ɪbæk[/t]] paybacks also pay back 1) N COUNT: usu sing You can use payback to refer to the profit or benefit that you obtain from something that you have spent money, time, or effort on. [mainly AM] There is a substantial payback in terms… … English dictionary
