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— English words —

• payback n. (Uncountable) An act of revenge.
• payback n. (Countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
• payback n. A return on investment.
• payback n. (Rare) A refund; reimbursement.
• payback v. Misspelling of pay back.
• pay␣back v. (Transitive) To pay a debt, to provide the entire amount of money owed to another.
• pay␣back v. (Figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.

— English words, defined in French —

• payback n. Avantage, récompense.
• payback n. (Argot) Revanche, retour de bâton.
• pay␣back v. (Transitif) Rendre (7) ; Donner en échange, payer de retour, soit en bien, soit en mal.

30 English words from 7 English definitions

act amount another avenge back benefit Countable debt entire exact Figuratively form investment Misspelling money owed pay pay␣back provide Rare recompense refund reimbursement return return␣on␣investment revenge reward the Transitive Uncountable

8 English words from 3 foreign definitions

Argot bâton Donner mal payer Rendre retour Revanche

10 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

Avantage bien de␣retour échange en␣bien payer␣de␣retour récompense retour␣de␣bâton soit Transitif

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

paybacks

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

community␣payback

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ack ACK bac BAC -bac- back Back back- pay Pay YBA

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aby Aby cab Cab CAB yap Yap

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

backpay back␣pay

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

backpays back␣pays paybacks pays␣back playback play␣back

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

layback lay␣back wayback way␣back

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

pays␣back playback play␣back

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