How to Use payback in a Sentence

payback

noun

• They beat our team last year, so we've got to beat them this year as payback.
• Legends keep them in the soul, a pilot light for payback.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• Now, Rasella wants payback—in the form of a class action suit.
  — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 13 Apr. 2022
• Neiman Marcus had asked for payback terms that phased out in 2026.
  — Dallas News, 25 May 2022
• Scenes of bloody payback are a common motif in Goines’ books.
  — Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2022
• The payback period could be three to five years for retrofits and longer for new builds, Mr. Allwright said.
  — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• This comes in the form of quid-pro-quo political payback to donors.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
• Call it karmic payback for the teams playing Sunday’s game in a snappy 1:57.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
• Customers are on the hook for repaying the loans, and the payback period could stretch for as long as 30 years.
  — Jennifer Hiller, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2022
• Now that baseball has returned, the Dodgers’ first move should consist of payback.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
• While a win offers a total cash payout, a loss means 100% payback in the form of a Barstool bet credit.
  — cleveland, 7 Jan. 2023
• Is this just gonna be a big payback for people that funded campaigns?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
• As payback, Antoine gave his dad a cup of toilet water with ice cubes in it.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• The Bucs will be looking for some payback after the Pilots snapped their eight-game winning streak.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
• Vengeance-minded in the best of times, Trump is now outright promising a second term filled with unchecked purges and payback.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
• The Warriors got payback in the rematch as Booker was sidelined.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
• Pádraic’s act of arson came as payback for the death of his beloved donkey, Jenny.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• Celtics fans no doubt saw the free throws as payback for the controversial non-shooting foul call Smart drew in Game 3.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2022
• The two-page script leaves out the most important catch: monthly bills might drop, but the payback on the solar panels could take a decade or more.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 26 June 2023
• Such a plan requires a proportioned payback of debts over five years.
  — WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022
• In some cases, this may be a form of payback against a partner who has also been unfaithful to them.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Port officials expect the project will have a payback period of 11 to 13 years.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2023
• Seeking payback, Gauthier breaks into the garage and steals a safe.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
• The Ducks are in the conference championship game for the third consecutive season and are out for payback against the Utes.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2021
• Bitcoin’s spot price and the payback period, which is the time needed to break even, are key factors in these models, Hansen said.
  — David Pan and bloomberg, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2022
• Texas will be looking for some payback after Iowa State beat them in Ames in January.
  — Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023
• In calculating the payback of a project, a company figures out both the costs and the savings that occur over time.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
• Qualify for the federal $4,500 tax credit and payback is in five years.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2022
• The idea for the group started as a payback plot, an opportunity to do something for friends who had helped Precosky.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
• The horizon or payback periods are much more rapid for investments in green tech.
  — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024