payback

venganza, represalia

Acción para hacer daño o vencer a alguien porque antes te hizo daño o te venció.

En inglés sencillo: Something you do to hurt or defeat someone because they hurt or defeated you earlier.

• This is payback for your cruel joke.
• Beating our rivals felt like payback.
• He wanted payback for the way they had treated him.

Cómo se usa: payback for something (The prank was payback for his earlier insult.)

Sinónimos: revenge, retaliation

Expresiones frecuentes: get payback, payback for something, time for payback

recuperación de la inversión

Dinero que produce una inversión y que cubre lo gastado al principio.

En inglés sencillo: Money earned from an investment that covers the amount originally spent.

• The project achieved payback after three years.
• Lower energy costs shortened the payback period.
• We calculated the payback on the new equipment.

Cómo se usa: payback on something (Payback on the equipment took two years.)

Sinónimos: cost recovery

Expresiones frecuentes: payback period, investment payback, achieve payback