payback

noun

The return on an investment.

noun

Retribution or revenge.

noun

same as retribution.

noun

same as requital.

noun

An act of revenge.

noun

A form of recompense.

verb

take vengeance on or get even

verb

act or give recompense in recognition of someone’s behavior or actions

noun

financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)

noun

the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life