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payback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retribution, vengeance |
| Type of | retaliation, revenge |
| Derivation | pay back |
Examples of payback
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Busch has suggested Edwards get his payback at the All-Star at Charlotte in May.
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McClairen vowed he would get payback, and he did with that 8-7 gridiron triumph.
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There's now an element of payback and one-upmanship involved in Slomka's stance.
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The payback could come as the bank begins to target bigger and richer customers.
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He had put hundreds of race fans'lives in jeopardy for a mere second of payback.
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The payback time after switching to CFLs is far less than 5 years in most cases.
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It's payback time for the Lions this week at home against the first-place Bears.
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In fact, payback seems to be a recurring theme for the Patriots this postseason.
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Each space is only 10 feet by 10 feet, but carries the promise of a big payback.
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- Financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
- Vengeance: 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. ...
- Payback is a 1995 thriller film directed by Anthony Hickox and written by Sam Bernard. It stars C. Thomas Howell.
- True Believers is an American comic book limited series from Marvel Comics, written by Cary Bates, with art by Paul Gulacy.
- Payback is a 1999 crime thriller starring Mel Gibson and directed by Brian Helgeland. The film shares the same source material as the 1967 noir-classic Point Blank (whose rights are currently owned by Warner Bros. ...
- Payback is a loyalty card scheme launched in 2000 by Metro AG in Germany and has the largest market share. It had a turnover of 190 Million Euros in 2007. In 2000, Payback was awarded the Big Brother Award in category business and finance.
- The following is an episode list for the 1980s undercover cop television series Miami Vice. In the United States, the show was aired on NBC. The first episode of the series premiered on September 16, 1984 with the series concluding on May 21, 1989 after five seasons. ...
- Payback is a television show on the Speed Channel that debuted in 2006. In the show, celebrities who have made it big pay back one of the people in their lives who in the past helped them along the way to their success, by building them a tricked out, one of a kind, new car designed specifically ...
- An act of revenge; A form of recompense
