Payback
(noun)
- The act of repaying a debt or a loan.
- The act of taking revenge or getting even with someone.
- The act of returning the favor or making amends for something.
Origin:
From the verb pay back, meaning to repay a debt or to take revenge, which comes from the old english word paegian (to pacify or make peace).
Examples:
- He finally paid back the loan he had borrowed from the bank.
- He felt a sense of payback when he finally won the lawsuit.
- He was determined to get payback for what had been done to him.
- The payback for the investment was much higher than expected.
- The payback for her kindness was an outpouring of love and support.