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payback period

noun [C or U]
 
 

Definition

the amount of time it takes to get back the amount of money originally invested (= given to companies hoping to get more back) in somethingFinancial investments and the stock market
(Definition of payback period noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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