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payoff vs payback

payback vs payoff

payoff and payback both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
payoff Yes No No No
payback Yes No No No
As nouns, payback is a hyponym of payoff; that is, payback is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than payoff:
  • payoff: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  • payback: financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
Other hyponyms of payoff include economic rent, rent.
payoff (noun) payback (noun)
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
the final payment of a debt financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Difference between payoff and payback

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