0 the amount of time it takes to get back the amount of money originally invested in something --
1 the time taken to get back the amount originally invested in something: --
2 the amount of time that you are given to pay back a loan: --
Such payments are not relevant to the calculation of a payback period or the economic case for any particular policy.
Projected annual savings worth £18,500 will give a payback period of less than five years.
The rest of the savings—perhaps just over half—require investments with a relatively short payback period.
Other industries that manufacture motor cars and televisions for example, also face costs but the payback period is of particular relevance to the pharmaceutical industry.
Building a new power station has a lead-up of three to five years just for implementation, and a payback period of 20 to 30 years.
At a saving of £45 and a cost of £139, the payback period is relatively short.
If the charges are light, the payback period will be longer.
The operator provides the money up front, but the payback period is very considerable and that is a constraint on future public expenditure.
