单词 | payback time |
释义 | > as lemmaspayback time payback time n. (a) = payback period n.; (b) colloquial (originally U.S.), time to honour an obligation; time to take one's revenge. ΚΠ 1961 NAA Bull. Jan. 47 To make a better decision on a project,..management may wish..to consider..the rate of return and the capital payback time. 1978 Newsweek (Nexis) 13 Feb. 26 Carter had been elected with the help of a 90 percent black vote... As blacks see it, this second year of the Carter Presidency is pay-back time. 1998 Austral. Financial Rev. 28 Mar. 25/1 Payback time for an investment..is six years. 2001 J. C. Grimwood Pashazade (2003) xxxiii. 192 Payback time. ZeeZee blipped his bike into life, let out the clutch and felt his tyres squeal on the wet tarmac. < as lemmas |
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