payback

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I believe we said that the payback is a two-year payback, so it's approximately a two-year payback.

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  1. noun The return gained from or paid on an investment: "One problem with space ventures is that the up-front costs are enormous and the paybacks uncertain and far off at best” (Eric Gelman).
  2. noun The return on an investment equal to the amount invested: expect a payback within six years.
  3. noun A benefit gained as the result of a previous action.
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  • But if you don't have grid-supplied electricity, then the whole question of payback is a different one entirely. —  Bill Gross on new energy
  • It will go in Qassam rockets - payback, the bomb maker says, for the destruction that has been part of his life since birth. —  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
  • And this greatly alters capex payback, which is a part of the mine-building equation that is terrifying the miners as well as the financiers of their projects. —  Safehaven
  • For SMS and some minor typing (like web addresses and entering calendar / contacts / notes) I can live with it when the payback is the thin size. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
  • Another very exciting field that we have invested a lot of research and development and we're seeing a payback is the larger G sensitivity.
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