payback
payback
Definition
pay·back (pā′bak′)
noun
- the act or an instance of paying back
- return, as on an investment of capital
payback
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- achieve: One manufacturing client, he says, achieved payback in five weeks.
- expect: It is also clear that he expects payback from the faith he shows in his young charges.
- gain: To the left home reputed top maximum bet on gaining paybacks on.
- offer: Far from being expensive, proper biosecurity offers a very handsome payback.
- get: How should I play it to get maximum payback?
Adjective modifier
- rapid: Then we identified areas of specific focus to ensure that an increase in people cost would have a rapid payback.
- fast: This leads to a fast payback of their investments.
- financial: The problem is to reduce costs and have a financial payback for tenants.
- economic: The costs of efficiency options have to provide real economic payback in a sensible timeframe.
- big: They are not necessarily looking for big paybacks on their investments.
Preposition: on
- investment: There would be a good payback on investment, at much lower cost than offshore schemes.
Modifies a noun
- period: Remember once the payback period is complete, savings become extra profit!
- percentage: Raised funds through payback percentage on a pay table also engaged in.
- time: The loan's payback time should always be shorter than the time you plan to own your boat.
- machine: So when searching for high payback machines, ask a few employees where the locals find the best slot value.
Preposition: in
- term: But the payback in terms of job satisfaction is massive.
Noun used with modifier
- visitor: This man began the concept of visitor payback in Cumbria!
- instrument: Weather and other losses and visiting instrument payback are excluded from this table.
- energy: What is the energy payback rate for a typical wind farm?
- community: Community payback was launched at Gallery Iota in Ramsgate at the end of last month.
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