payback time
noun
: a time for punishment for something that was done in the past
You've ruined my life, and now it's payback time.
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The payback time varied from 1.8 to 22.5 months, averaging at 5.3 months.
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Tom Norton, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Saturday night was payback time, with left-hander Alex Vesia throwing Treinen a life preserver after Treinen yielded a run, gave up two more singles and hit a batter and pushed his pitch count to 33 as the Dodgers moved perilously close to blowing a three-run lead in Game 2 of the World Series.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
The midge provides food when the mosquito needs it, in exchange for a payback time that never comes.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Temperatures should rise to near 80. Sunday: Sunday will be payback time.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
Manufacturing and logistics must adopt robots to survive: FACT Although total cost of ownership is a popular yardstick used for purchasing capital equipment, payback time is more commonly used for automating basic (typically arduous) worker tasks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2014
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Tom Norton, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Saturday night was payback time, with left-hander Alex Vesia throwing Treinen a life preserver after Treinen yielded a run, gave up two more singles and hit a batter and pushed his pitch count to 33 as the Dodgers moved perilously close to blowing a three-run lead in Game 2 of the World Series.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
The midge provides food when the mosquito needs it, in exchange for a payback time that never comes.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Temperatures should rise to near 80. Sunday: Sunday will be payback time.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
Manufacturing and logistics must adopt robots to survive: FACT Although total cost of ownership is a popular yardstick used for purchasing capital equipment, payback time is more commonly used for automating basic (typically arduous) worker tasks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2014
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“Payback time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payback%20time. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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