Payment vs Payback - What's the difference?
payment | payback |
(uncountable) The act of paying.
(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
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, title= (uncountable) An act of revenge.
(countable) A form of recompense.
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In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between payment and payback
is that payment is (uncountable) the act of paying while payback is (uncountable) an act of revenge.In countable|lang=en terms the difference between payment and payback
is that payment is (countable) a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services while payback is (countable) a form of recompense.As nouns the difference between payment and payback
is that payment is (uncountable) the act of paying while payback is (uncountable) an act of revenge.payment
English
Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment .” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}
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* down payment * grease payment * lubrication payment * payment in kindExternal links
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English
(wikipedia payback)Noun
(en-noun)- They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback .
