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payback (n.)
[payback 词源字典]
also
pay-back
, 1946, "net return on profits from an investment," from
pay
(v.) +
back
(adj.). Meaning "revenge" is attested from 1957.
[payback etymology, payback origin, 英语词源]
[payback 词源字典]