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payback

/ payback /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
Type of:
return issue proceeds
noun Sense 2
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"
Type of:
retaliation revenge
Derived:
pay back pay off get fix
Semantic Complexity
74%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
9
Times Searched
2
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return issue proceeds retaliation revenge