It's payback time.
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Payback
//ˈpeɪbæk//
Synonyms for "payback" (13 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (6)
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29 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- retorn noun (a form of recompense)
- venjança noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 報復 /报复 noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- 報酬 /报酬 noun (a form of recompense)
Finnish
3 entries- kompensaatio noun (a form of recompense)
- kosto noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- takaisinmaksu noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
German
4 entries- Rache noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- Revanche noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- Rückerstattung noun (a form of recompense)
- Rückzahlung noun (a form of recompense)
Polish
3 entries- rekompensata noun (a form of recompense)
- zapłata noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- zemsta noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
Portuguese
3 entries- forra noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- retorno noun (a form of recompense)
- troco noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
Romanian
1 entries- rambursare noun (a form of recompense)
Russian
4 entries- воздая́ние noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- возме́здие noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- вознагражде́ние noun (a form of recompense)
- месть noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
Spanish
4 entries- desquite noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- recompensa noun (a form of recompense)
- revancha noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
- venganza noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
Ukrainian
2 entries- винагорода noun (a form of recompense)
- відплата noun (an act of revenge — see also revenge)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Sami began planning his payback.
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Sami's payback would come on Christmas day.
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It's payback for wrongdoing in a previous life.
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