payback

In common with most companies involved in the buildout of AI infrastructure, Alibaba’s shareholders are being forced to weigh up whether the eventual payback will reward the upfront investment.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

A T. Rowe Price fund manager thinks the hyperscalers can comfortably fund their investment spending, and moreover, derive high returns on that invested capital with a short payback schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"He got me out last year so I had to get some payback," Craig told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The wedding, this theory goes, was payback for 20 years’ worth of media that characterized her as desperate and lovelorn and having only herself to blame for boyfriends who wilted under the media’s gaze.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

As the payback for giving me the dirty finger I said out loud to By, “How many cows you counted, By? How many red cars so far?”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Enticements for investors are relatively low-cost funds, with annualized management fees typically below 1%, and, of course, immediate paybacks.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

It often takes 10 years to site, design, construct and commission a conventional PSH plant at a time when private investors are realizing paybacks of 10 years or less from subsidized solar and wind farms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

"We still hold legal ownership of the businesses, but we don't get any information, dividends or loan paybacks from there," CEO Markus Rauramo said in his first interview about the subject.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023

Besides the pandemic, they’ve had to face economic pressures from rising costs of living, college loan paybacks and an uncertain economy, among other challenges.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022

But it has long been clear that the net metering paybacks are overly generous, even lavish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2022