The phrase "a payback on" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in informal contexts to refer to a form of revenge or retribution, but the preposition "on" is not the appropriate choice.
Example: "He felt that there was a need for a payback for the wrongs done to him."
Alternatives: "a payback for" or "retribution for".
And because he has reduced his energy bills by nearly £3,000 a year, he will get a payback on his £20,000 investment in less than eight years.
"A business, such as a warehouse or large hotel, can save up to 70% of its electricity costs by switching to LED lights with motion sensors," he says, "and receive a payback on the capital outlay within two years".
"Not many companies would be prepared to wait ten years for a payback on their investment," says Beverley Aspinall, Peter Jones' managing director, in her portacabin lashed to the building's roof.
If data turns out to be big we estimate that data could account for 20% of all wireless traffic by the end of 2004 Sprint PCS is in a much better position for a payback on its $700 million investment than AT&T Wireless on its $2 billion to $4 billion investment.
Age discrimination is inevitable because, in many situations, older hires are more expensive (because of higher pension-funding costs), harder to train (because they may be less malleable than younger workers), and less able to make a payback on the training (because they have fewer productive years left).
Venture capitalist firms are looking for companies that will give them a payback on their investment.
He reportedly stated that the bombings were undertaken as a payback for attacks on Muslim lands.
WAS Morocco's revelation this week of al-Qaeda's alleged plans to blow up British and American warships in the Strait of Gibraltar a payback for American support on Western Sahara?
Canada seemed to be cruising as well when Patrick Marleau, Brenden Morrow and Ryan Getzlaf scored in the opening 24 minutes against Slovakia, but Lubomir Visnovsky and Michal Handzus netted less than four minutes apart in the third period to set up a tense finish.But the Canadians held on, setting up a payback game on what is sure to be a memorable final day of the Vancouver Olympics.
Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the second son of the king of Bahrain, is claiming Jackson reneged on a "payback" agreement on money he said he advanced Jackson when the singer faced financial difficulties.
"Unlike things like glacial melt – that's really hard to slow down – with the SAM it seems you get a payback for reducing your emissions on a quick time scale".
