Antonyms for payback
ˈpeɪˌbækpay·back

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1. paybacknoun

   Synonyms:
   just deserts, poetic justice

2. paybacknoun

   An act of revenge.

   They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback.

   Synonyms:
   just deserts, poetic justice

3. paybacknoun

   A form of recompense.

   Synonyms:
   poetic justice, just deserts

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1. • Return

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1. paybacknoun

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

   Synonyms:
   vengeance, retribution

2. vengeance, retribution, paybacknoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   vengeance, requital, retribution

How to use payback in a sentence?

1. Volodymyr Zelensky:

   For me, as president, a just peace is no compromises as to the sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity of our country, the payback for all the damages inflicted by Russian aggression.

2. Chief Executive Dominic Taylor:

   It is harder to make a return, payback is delayed... therefore we believe our businesses in parking and online payment are better placed in the hand of another investor of that type that is able to take them forward.

3. Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala:

   Grassroots stimulus through consumption is not the answer, stimulus through personal debt is just a time bomb. The benefit will be short lived, and the payback painful.

4. Adam Schiff:

   Clearly, there's an expectation there on the Russian side that they may now have success with the Magnitsky Act, given that the prior meeting and communications dealt with the offer of help, it certainly seems like the Russians were ready for payback.

5. Chief Executive Dave McKay:

   We would consider strategic options to make small acquisitions that could help accelerate growth in the United States and provide a good payback to shareholders in a reasonable period of time.

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