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    PAYING BACK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A reciprocal group actionplay

    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)

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