Definition of payback Payback
/pejˈbæˌk/ - [peybak] -
We found 5 definitions of payback from 3 different sources.
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What does payback mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: paybacks |
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| payback - financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) | ||
| 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" | ||
| vengeance, retribution | ||
| retaliation, revenge action taken in return for an injury or offense | ||
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Wiktionary 
- payback (Noun)
An act of revenge. - payback (Noun)
A form of recompense.
Part of speech
🔤- payback, noun, singular of paybacks.
