paying back

Definitions of paying back

1. noun

   a reciprocal group action
   synonyms: getting even, return

   types:

   payment, requital

   an act of requiting; returning in kind

   retaliation, revanche, revenge

   action taken in return for an injury or offense

   reciprocation

   the act of making or doing something in return

   tit for tat

   an equivalent given in return

   payback, retribution, vengeance

   the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

   reprisal

   a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

   type of:

   group action

   action taken by a group of people