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payback

Payback is an act of revenge. They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback. A payback is a profit from something that is equal to the initial expenditure.

payback

financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) (= vengeance, retribution) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord — -Romans 12:19 For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge — -James Garfield he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him the swiftness of divine retribution

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