payback
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He reflected on his own experience when discussing the importance of a quick payback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They explain that the customer’s A$282 million prepayment gives Megaport a capex payback period of about eight months, compared with between 16 and 22 months for pooled capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"He got me out last year so I had to get some payback," Craig told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
It’s more emotional labor for you, with little actual payback.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
The poor guy had no way of knowing that, considering the payback I was expecting from Schultz, a rampaging grizzly couldn’t scare me.
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
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
In 2018, it started offering generous paybacks — first at 35% of costs and now 40% — to Hollywood productions that relocate to Athens and smaller cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
