payback

1. N-COUNT You can use payback to refer to the profit or benefit that you obtain from something that you have spent money, time, or effort on. 收益; 收傚[美國英語]

There is a substantial payback in terms of employee and union relations. 就雇員和工會的關系而言有可觀的收傚。

2. ADJ The payback period of a loan is the time in which you are required or allowed to pay it back. 償付的 (時期)[ADJ n]

The payback period can be as short as seven years. 償付期可以短至7年。

3. PHRASE Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences. 自食 (好或壞) 結果之時[非正式]

This was payback time. I've proved once and for all I can become champion. 這是廻報之時。我已經一勞永逸地証明我能成爲冠軍。