Usually means: Return of investment or revenge.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. payback: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. payback: Merriam-Webster
  3. payback: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. payback: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. payback: Collins English Dictionary
  6. payback: Vocabulary.com
  7. Payback, payback: Wordnik
  8. payback: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. payback: Wiktionary
  10. payback: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. payback: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. payback: Dictionary.com
  13. payback: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Payback (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Payback (TV series), Payback (album), Payback (movie), Payback (song), Payback (video game), Payback, The Payback (song), The Payback: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. payback: Rhymezone
  16. payback: FreeDictionary.org
  17. payback: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. payback: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Payback: bizterms.net
  4. Payback: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. payback: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. payback: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. payback: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) An act of revenge.
noun:  (countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
noun:  A return on investment.
noun:  (rare) A refund; reimbursement.
verb:  Misspelling of pay back. [(transitive) To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.]

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