payback

noun

/ˈpeɪbæk/

[countable, uncountable]

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the money that you receive back on money that you have invested (especially when this is equal to the amount that you invested to start with); the time that it takes to get your money back本金返還；還本；投資的回收期
- a 10-year payback10 年的投資回收期
- There’s a 25-year payback period, which will discourage most investors.有25年的回收期，這將使大多數投資者望而卻步。
the advantage or reward that somebody receives for something they have done; the act of paying something back報償；回報
- His victory was seen as payback for all the hard work he'd put in during training.他的勝利被視爲訓練期間所有辛苦努力的回報。
- (informal) It's payback time! (= a person will have to suffer for what they have done)現在該遭到報應了！