payback

Example Sentences

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It took a wonderful catch from Smith to dismiss him – payback for when Jacks caught Smith earlier in the match.

From BBC

The report says the current condition of Royal Lodge is "not out of keeping with a tenancy of this duration", but the cost of repairing "dilapidations" meant any payback was unlikely.

From BBC

Those locations earn back their roughly $1.4 million build costs in about two years on average, an unusually fast payback in the restaurant industry.

From The Wall Street Journal

If Carroll wondered if he’d ever get payback, it came Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times

"These are not the shots of a number 11," added Botham, as if he was being pranked by the whole of Australia as payback for his own Ashes exploits.

From BBC