payback
US'peı'bæk
معنی فارسی
بازپرداخت
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'pay' comes from the Old French word 'paier', meaning 'to pay'. 'Back' refers to a return or response.
مثال
- He sought payback for the betrayal.
- The team's victory was payback for their previous loss.
- She gave him a taste of his own medicine as payback.
ترکیبهای رایج
Seek payback Victory as payback Taste of payback Payback for hard work
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19” “For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield” “he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him” “the swiftness of divine retribution”