payback

vengeance, revanche

Action visant à blesser ou à vaincre quelqu’un parce qu’il vous a auparavant blessé ou vaincu.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : payback for something (The prank was payback for his earlier insult.)

Synonymes : revenge, retaliation

Expressions courantes : get payback, payback for something, time for payback

retour sur investissement

Argent rapporté par un investissement qui couvre la somme dépensée au départ.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : payback on something (Payback on the equipment took two years.)

Synonymes : cost recovery

Expressions courantes : payback period, investment payback, achieve payback