payback
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life“Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord — Romans 12:19”“For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge — James Garfield”“he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him”“the swiftness of divine retribution”Synonyms: vengeanceretribution
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
2.same as requital. [informal] [PJC]