payback
Example Sentences
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Those locations earn back their roughly $1.4 million build costs in about two years on average, an unusually fast payback in the restaurant industry.
If Carroll wondered if he’d ever get payback, it came Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times
And he said he isn’t seeking payback because Trump didn’t make him attorney general.
From Seattle Times
The Constitutional Court barred the former attorney general from running after she faced corruption charges — a move that human rights groups called payback for her office’s anti-corruption work, which included the prosecution of Pérez Molina.
From Los Angeles Times
Some economists who opposed the loan payback moratorium had viewed the effort as a gift to affluent Americans, arguing high loan levels have been a solid investment to bolster future earnings.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
