PAYING BACK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A reciprocal group action

Example:

in return we gave them as good as we got

Synonyms:

getting even; paying back; return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("paying back" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paying back"):

payment; requital (an act of requiting; returning in kind)

retaliation; 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)