paybacknoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈpeɪ.bæk/us/ˈpeɪ.bæk/payback noun [ C or U ] (ADVANTAGE)
an advantage received from something, especially the profit from a financial investment:
The payback for reorganization should be increased productivity.
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Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- profit
- profit from sth
- upside
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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Profits & losses
payback noun [ C or U ] (SOMETHING BAD)
something bad that is done to you because of something bad that you have done previously:
The problems she was experiencing felt like payback for her past mistakes.
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Revenge and vengefulness
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- even
- hit
- mind
- own
- pay
- pay sb back
- reprisal
- retaliate
- retaliatory
- revenge
- tit for tat
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance
- vengeful
- vindictive
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Idiom(s)
payback's a bitch