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Noun: payback  peybak
  1. Financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
     
  2. The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
    - vengeance, retribution
Verb: pay back  pey bak
  1. Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behaviour or actions
    - reward, repay
     
  2. Take vengeance on or get even
    - pay off, get, fix

Derived forms: paying back, paid back, pays back, paybacks

See also: pay

Type of: act, get back, get even, issue, move, payoff, proceeds, retaliation, return, revenge, take, takings, yield

Encyclopedia: Payback