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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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Noun | 1. | payback - financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) |
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" retaliation, revenge - action taken in return for an injury or offense |
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payback
pay-back [ˈpeɪbæk] n (= benefit) (from investment) → bénéfice m; (from action) → avantage mWe 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.
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
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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