noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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period
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In other cases a criterion may be needed, and one frequently used is the payback period .
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Research allocations are typically modest and payback periods required tend to be short.
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Many companies still use incredibly short payback periods , often set by financial directors playing a very risk-averse game.
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Companies using this method will usually reject any project which exceeds their target payback period .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Now is a good time to invest in mutual funds because the long-term paybacks are potentially large.
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Now the Knicks want payback for the beating they received from Chicago a month ago.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After ten round-trips the mass payback ratio is around 8: 1.
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First, no account is taken of cash flows arising after the payback date.
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I guess you have heard that thing called payback ....
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In other cases a criterion may be needed, and one frequently used is the payback period.
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Providers get their intellectual payback in the currency of more information.
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The mass payback continues to improve with each additional mission.
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The table highlights the drawback of the payback method.