noun [C,U]
1 the money that you receive back on money that you have invested (especially when this is equal to the amount that you invested to start with); the time that it takes to get your money back:
a 10-year payback
2 the advantage or REWARD that sb receives for sth they have done; the act of paying sth back:
His victory was seen as payback for all the hard work he'd put in during training. * (informal) It's payback time! (= a person will have to suffer for what they have done)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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