Payback (Noun)
Meaning 1
Financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment).
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The investors were expecting a significant payback on their shares within the next quarter.
- The company's payback on the new marketing strategy was substantial, with sales increasing by 20% within a year.
- The payback on the investment in the new equipment was impressive, with the company breaking even within six months.
- The venture capitalist was looking for a substantial payback on her investment in the startup.
- The payback on the research and development project was slow, but the company was confident that it would eventually yield significant returns.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.