Sentence examples for getting a payback from inspiring English sources

As former Fed Vice Chairman Alan Blinder pointed out in a Dec. 17 Wall Street Journal op-ed, American companies are getting a big bang for their buck when it comes to the productivity of their workers but workers aren't getting a payback: while productivity is up 86% since 1978, real average hourly earnings are roughly at 1974 levels.

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 $300m investment for a company making $4 billion-5 billion is weeks of cash flow to get a payback which is months away, not years.

"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".

You could get a payback through a new split of dividends," he said.

A $4,000 photovoltaic system for the same Californian home, with help from a $2,000 subsidy, would take 50 years to get a payback.

Subtract the $27 billion debt, add dividends paid since the buyout and you get a payback to the smart money of triple their $5.5 billion equity investment.

Furthermore, when gas gets pricey, "people who made a decision to get a Prius instead of a Hummer get a payback, and from a societal standpoint, that's probably good".

Do all the step over and over until you got a "Payback" on Skolino!

Though the Aggies beat the Vandals a season ago in Moscow Idahoo, not Russia), here's to Idaho getting a little payback in 2008.

Maier goes on to explain that after the stocks were touted on television, Cramer would promptly dump the firm's position: "No sooner would Maria be thanking us for the help than we'd be getting a payback a quick hit thanks to our friends at CNBC".