0 an advantage received from something, especially the profit from a financial investment: --
The payback for reorganization should be increased productivity.
1 something bad that is done to you because of something bad that you have done previously: --
The problems she was experiencing felt like payback for her past mistakes.
2 an action that punishes someone for something bad that the person did to you; revenge: --
[ U ] They view the proposed initiative as payback to those senators who have not shown enough Republican loyalty.
3 the activity of giving money that is owed, or of getting back something for money spent: --
He'll have a 20-year payback on his investment, and the improvements should last another 20 years after that.
4 the profit received from an investment or the time that it takes to receive the same amount that was invested: --
5 an advantage that you get from something: --
payback for sth The payback for reorganization should be increased productivity.
Crops were also sometimes used for borrowing and payback at the same rate of interest as credit in cash.
Since this includes an array of homes in different regions and with different baseline insulation levels, the payback period clearly varies substantially across homes.
The payback period is 2 years and 7 months.
The capital costs have a negative impact on the payback time, hence only the lower power fans are economically viable.
Obviously, the first two choices are impossible, since the payback time can not be negative, and lifetime of the system is 10 years only.
In order to design the most cost-effective waste heat recovery system, payback time has to be minimized.
The simplest of these, the payback method, can be used to estimate the location most likely to return the original investment quickest.
The payback to the military was even greater.
