payback

• Substantiv, das den finanziellen Rückfluss oder Gewinn bezeichnet, besonders wenn er den ursprünglichen Einsatz ausgleicht, oder einen Akt der Vergeltung als Antwort auf eine Schädigung.

A noun referring to a financial return or reward, especially returns equal to the initial investment, or the act of taking revenge in retaliation for a harmful action.

1. B2formal

   The financial return or profit received from an investment, often equal to the initial amount invested.

   Finanzieller Ertrag

   • The payback on the new equipment was faster than expected.
   • Investors are looking for a quick payback on their capital.
   • The project has a payback period of three years.

   Synonymegainpayoffprofitreturnyield

2. Revenge or retaliationB2informal

   The act of harming someone in return for a wrong they have done, often viewed as a form of cosmic or divine justice.

   Vergeltung

   • He believed that payback would come in the next life.
   • She got her payback when her rival failed the exam.
   • Some people see misfortune as payback for past misdeeds.

   Synonymecomeuppancejust desertsreprisalrequitalretaliationretributionrevengevengeance

   Antonymeabsolutionclemencyforgivenessleniencymercypardon