payback
/ˈpeɪˌbæk/ n [C usually sing] (MONEY RETURN)Definition
› the activity of giving money that is owed, or of getting back something for money spent: He'll have a 20-year payback on his investment, and the improvements should last another 20 years after that.
(Definition of payback n (MONEY RETURN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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