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payback

English

Etymology

pay +? back, from the verb phrase.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pe?bæk/

Noun

payback (usually uncountable, plural paybacks)

  1. (uncountable) An act of revenge.
    They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback.
  2. (countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
  3. A return on investment
  4. (rare) A refund, reimbursement

Synonyms

  • just deserts
  • poetic justice

Translations

See also

  • have it coming
  • pay back

Anagrams

  • back pay, backpay

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devolution

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dévolution, from Medieval Latin devolutio, devolutionis, from Latin devolvo.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /di?v??lu???n/
  • Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

devolution (plural devolutions)

  1. A rolling down.
  2. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
  3. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
  4. (derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
  5. (Britain, government) The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign government to local government; eg. from Westminster to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.

Related terms

  • devolve

Translations

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