payback

Etymology

A compound of pay + back from the verb phrase pay back.

noun

  1. (uncountable) An act of revenge.
    They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback.
  2. (countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
    They identify three tangible paybacks. February 2, 2009, Carol Goar, “You can help cleaners earn decent wages”, in Toronto Star
  3. A return on investment.
  4. (rare) A refund; reimbursement.

verb

  1. Misspelling of pay back.

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/payback), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.