The phrase "a quick payback" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a fast return on investment or a rapid reimbursement of costs.
Example: "Investing in energy-efficient appliances can lead to a quick payback in reduced utility bills."
Alternatives: "a rapid return" or "a swift reimbursement".
This put them under pressure to look for a quick payback.
Earning a quick payback from more expensive products, like the high-efficiency windows that Mr. Lancaster passed on, can be more difficult.
Expert view: "Because it's mid-terrace and there's not much external wall, a lot of their heat was lost through the roof, so loft insulation would have a quick payback.
But most businesses set targets by looking at what could be done through available low-cost energy efficiency opportunities and other reduction activities with a quick payback, such as swapping long-lasting LED lighting for electricity-gulping incandescent bulbs.
We see this, for example, in companies concentrating on energy efficiency programmes that offer a quick payback even though there is a clamour for them to design decarbonisation targets based on what science says we need to do in order to prevent catastrophic climate change.
But some surprising winners turned up as excellent buys in delivering a quick payback to students.
"We originally looked at a solar hot water system with a quicker payback," Mr. Halpine said, and, yes, of course they thought about putting panels on the roof.
Large consumers of electricity see a quicker payback.
Some less expensive fixes like caulking and sealing leaks, or replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescents, may not qualify for tax breaks but can be the smarter investment with a quicker payback, he says.
"I'm confident of a very quick payback".
They've got to have a pretty quick payback.
