Payback — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)

the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; --Romans 12:19; --James Garfield

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈeɪbæk/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈeɪbak/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈeɪbak/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈeɪbæk/.

Examples

Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord
For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge
he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

vengeance retribution

Parts of Speech

noun	financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
noun	the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; --Romans 12:19; --James Garfield “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord”

Word Forms

pay back

verb

take vengeance on or get even

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rückzahlung

finanzielle Rendite oder Belohnung (insbesondere Rendite in Höhe der ursprünglichen Investition)

🇫🇷French

remboursement

retour ou récompense financière (notamment retours égaux à l’investissement initial)

🇪🇸Spanish

venganza

retorno o recompensa financiera (especialmente retornos iguales a la inversión inicial)

🇮🇹Italian

rimborso

rendimento o ricompensa finanziaria (in particolare rendimenti pari all'investimento iniziale)

🇳🇱Dutch

terugverdientijd

financieel rendement of beloning (vooral rendement gelijk aan de initiële investering)

🇵🇹Portuguese

vingança

retorno financeiro ou recompensa (especialmente retornos iguais ao investimento inicial)

🇷🇺Russian

расплата

финансовая прибыль или вознаграждение (особенно доход, равный первоначальным инвестициям)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कर्ज उतारने

वित्तीय रिटर्न या इनाम (विशेषकर प्रारंभिक निवेश के बराबर रिटर्न)

🇧🇩Bengali

পরিশোধ

আর্থিক রিটার্ন বা পুরস্কার (বিশেষ করে প্রাথমিক বিনিয়োগের সমান আয়)

🇮🇳Tamil

திருப்பிச் செலுத்துதல்

நிதி வருவாய் அல்லது வெகுமதி (குறிப்பாக ஆரம்ப முதலீட்டிற்கு சமமான வருமானம்)

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరిగి చెల్లించుట

ఆర్థిక రాబడి లేదా బహుమతి (ముఖ్యంగా ప్రారంభ పెట్టుబడికి సమానమైన రాబడి)

🇮🇳Marathi

परतफेड

आर्थिक परतावा किंवा बक्षीस (विशेषत: सुरुवातीच्या गुंतवणुकीच्या समान परतावा)

🇮🇳Gujarati

વળતર

નાણાકીય વળતર અથવા પુરસ્કાર (ખાસ કરીને પ્રારંભિક રોકાણ જેટલું વળતર)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮರುಪಾವತಿ

ಹಣಕಾಸಿನ ಲಾಭ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರತಿಫಲ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಆರಂಭಿಕ ಹೂಡಿಕೆಗೆ ಸಮಾನವಾದ ಆದಾಯ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിരിച്ചടവ്

സാമ്പത്തിക വരുമാനം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രതിഫലം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് പ്രാരംഭ നിക്ഷേപത്തിന് തുല്യമായ വരുമാനം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਪਸੀ

ਵਿੱਤੀ ਵਾਪਸੀ ਜਾਂ ਇਨਾਮ (ਖਾਸ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤੀ ਨਿਵੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਰਿਟਰਨ)

🇵🇰Urdu

واپسی

مالی واپسی یا انعام (خاص طور پر ابتدائی سرمایہ کاری کے برابر واپسی)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

回报

财务回报或奖励（尤其是等于初始投资的回报）

🇯🇵Japanese

返済

金銭的な利益または報酬（特に初期投資に等しい利益）

🇰🇷Korean

회수

재정적 수익 또는 보상(특히 초기 투자와 동일한 수익)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hoàn vốn

lợi nhuận hoặc phần thưởng tài chính (đặc biệt là lợi nhuận bằng khoản đầu tư ban đầu)

🇹🇭Thai

คืนทุน

ผลตอบแทนทางการเงินหรือผลตอบแทน (โดยเฉพาะผลตอบแทนเท่ากับการลงทุนเริ่มแรก)

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengembalian

keuntungan atau imbalan finansial (terutama pengembalian yang sama dengan investasi awal)

🇲🇾Malay

bayaran balik

pulangan kewangan atau ganjaran (terutama pulangan bersamaan dengan pelaburan awal)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الاسترداد

العائد المالي أو المكافأة (خاصة العوائد المساوية للاستثمار الأولي)

🇮🇷Persian

بازپرداخت

بازده یا پاداش مالی (به ویژه بازدهی برابر با سرمایه اولیه)

🇹🇷Turkish

intikam

finansal getiri veya ödül (özellikle ilk yatırıma eşit getiri)

🇮🇱Hebrew

החזר

תשואה כספית או תגמול (במיוחד תשואות השווה להשקעה הראשונית)

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