Definitions For Payback

noun

  • The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
  • Financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
  • Punishment for something that was done in the past
  • An amount of money that you receive after investing in something and that is equal to or greater than the amount of money that you originally invested
  • The amount of time that passes before invested money is returned or before money that is owed is paid

Is Paybacks a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
23

The word Payback is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Payback in a Sentence

  • They beat our team last year, so we've got to beat them this year as payback.
  • We are hoping to get payback for the humiliating defeat we suffered at the hands of our rivals during our last matchup

Synonyms for Payback

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