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单词 payback
释义
payback
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈpeɪ.bæk/us
/ˈpeɪ.bæk/

paybacknoun[C or U](ADVANTAGE)

anadvantagereceivedfrom something,especiallytheprofitfrom afinancialinvestment:
回报，收益
The paybackforreorganizationshould beincreasedproductivity.重组的益处应该是生产率得到了提高。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Advantage and disadvantage
  • a stick to beatsomeonewithidiom
  • an ace upyoursleeveidiom
  • attraction
  • be well in thereidiom
  • be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom
  • head start
  • hold all the cardsidiom
  • in
  • in the right place at the right timeidiom
  • it's tough at the topidiom
  • lock
  • lose
  • profit
  • scent bloodidiom
  • secret weapon
  • silver lining
  • stick
  • the best of both worldsidiom
  • tough
  • trouble
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Profits & losses

paybacknoun[C or U](SOMETHING BAD)

somethingbadthat is done to you because of somethingbadthat you have donepreviously:
（因为过去的错失而不得不经受目前的遭遇）偿还
Theproblemsshe wasexperiencingfeltlike paybackforher pastmistakes.她正在经历的问题让人觉得是对过去失误的偿还。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revenge and vengefulness
  • avenge
  • avenger
  • bite
  • bite back (atsomeone/something)
  • don't get mad, get evenidiom
  • eye
  • hit
  • medicine
  • mind
  • pay
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reprisal
  • retaliate
  • retaliation
  • retaliatory
  • tit for tat
  • two can play at that gameidiom
  • vengeance
  • vengeful
  • vengefully
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Idiom

payback's a bitch
(Definition ofpaybackfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

payback| American Dictionary

payback
noun
us
/ˈpeɪˌbæk/

paybacknoun(PUNISHMENT)

[C/U]
anactionthatpunishessomeone for somethingbadthat thepersondid to you;revenge:
[U]Theyviewtheproposedinitiativeas payback to thosesenatorswho have notshownenoughRepublicanloyalty.

paybacknoun(MONEY RETURN)

[Cusually sing]
theactivityof givingmoneythat isowed, or of getting back something formoneyspent:
He'll have a 20-year payback on hisinvestment, and theimprovementsshould last another 20yearsafter that.
(Definition ofpaybackfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

payback| Business English

payback
noun[CorU]
/ˈpeɪbæk/uk
us
FINANCE
theprofitreceivedfrom aninvestmentor thetimethat ittakestoreceivethe sameamountthat wasinvested:
Shareholders areawaitingacashpaybackfrom thedeal.
a payback on sthYou should have a 20-year payback onyourinvestmentinsolarpanels.
anadvantagethat you get from something:
payback for sthThe payback forreorganizationshould beincreasedproductivity.
payback time
asituationin which someone will have tosufferfor the way that they havebehavedin the past:
Theunionhas beentreatedverybadly, and now it's paybacktime, andstrikeactionwill goahead.
(Definition ofpaybackfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpayback

payback
Individual retirement income by statutory pension paybacks will not be sufficient to maintain their standards of living.
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Instantiation of a model as a robot can be a valuable aid in evaluating the costs versus paybacks of adding complications to that model.
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There have been charges that state officials often asked for and received paybacks from privatisation deals.
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We were able to identify a considerable range of research paybacks.
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Paybackremained very much of a hypothetical order.
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The main constraint is economic; with apaybackof 15-19 years, a mangosteen orchard is not an attractive investment.
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One constituent of this is the pursuit of" symbolic" goals with a high political"payback", even to the detriment of more" commercial" business objectives.
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Thepaybackto the military was even greater.
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The simplest of these, thepaybackmethod, can be used to estimate the location most likely to return the original investment quickest.
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In order to design the most cost-effective waste heat recovery system,paybacktime has to be minimized.
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Obviously, the first two choices are impossible, since thepaybacktime can not be negative, and lifetime of the system is 10 years only.
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The capital costs have a negative impact on thepaybacktime, hence only the lower power fans are economically viable.
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Thepaybackperiod is 2 years and 7 months.
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Since this includes an array of homes in different regions and with different baseline insulation levels, thepaybackperiod clearly varies substantially across homes.
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Crops were also sometimes used for borrowing andpaybackat the same rate of interest as credit in cash.
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