• "These people have been good to me over the years and it's payback time, " she explains.

    WSJ: Job Seekers Bend Ears of Advisers, Recruiters

  • These costs are not included in the government's payback calculations, though they may dwarf savings on electric bills.

    FORBES: When the National Nanny Does Your Laundry

  • Then the actor's total compensation was divided into the movie's gross income to get the actor's payback figure for the film.

    FORBES: The Rainmakers

  • Dealing with the strains and expectations of choice is today's payback.

    ECONOMIST: The tyranny of choice

  • After that, the actor's total compensation (upfront pay plus any money earned from sharing in the film's profits) was divided into the gross income to get the actor's payback figure for the film.

    FORBES: Hollywood's Most Overpaid Movie Stars

  • In my book that's not deflation, it's payback.

    FORBES: Bernanke Wants A $10 Three-Piece Chicken Meal

  • Again, the goal is to show relative performance of the schools, not to predict any one individual's dollar payback.

    FORBES: The bottom line on B-schools

  • On the other hand, we did not subtract hypothetical income taxes from the salaries. (In case the school forgot to tell you, tuition is not deductible on your tax return except in the rare case where you are compelled to get the degree to maintain your present job.) Again, the goal is to show relative performance of the schools, not to predict any one individual's dollar payback.

    FORBES: The Bottom Line on B-Schools

  • Although it's tempting to execute payback, it's better to lay down the rule for the benefit of the next Republican president: Presidents are entitled to staff their administrations with the people they want.

    CNN: Vote no and send a message to Hagel

  • "There's no immediate payback, " says Joe W. Eberhardt, Chrysler Group's senior vice president for sales and marketing.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Jones' lawyers believe that Bennett has waged a nasty p.r. war against them and that it's time for payback.

    CNN: Now It's Her Turn

  • Environmental groups say it's nothing more than payback for industry support.

    CNN: Is Endangered Species Act in danger? - Sept. 26, 1995

  • Mr. Dodd's petulance has gone beyond the usual Beltway payback and is now creating a leadership vacuum damaging to U.S. national security.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Appoint Otto Reich

  • He won best actor for 2004's The Pianist and ranked on our payback list because of his work in the blockbuster King Kong.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • They just want credit lines with fair interest rates and payback schedules, but that's something that has dried up during this crisis, and it's starving our small businesses.

    FORBES: Entrepreneurs

  • And now, 10th-ranked Louisville (23-5, 11-4) is coming to town on Saturday looking for a little payback against a team that's lost two straight and three of five in the most difficult part of its schedule.

    WSJ: Syracuse scuffling down the stretch

  • It's also giving the company the ability to calculate payback by type of media outlet.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Last year the force emblazoned the logo Operation Payback on a convicted drug dealer's BMW convertible to highlight the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

    BBC: Bling campaign targets criminals

  • The first step in calculating our payback figures required adding up the film's worldwide box office and U.S. DVD revenues.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The first step in calculating our payback figures required adding up the film's worldwide box office and U.S. DVD revenues for films released prior to June 2007.

    FORBES: The Most Overpaid Celebrities

  • To determine payback figures, we first calculated the movie's gross income by subtracting the movie's budget (excluding the actor's compensation) from half of each film's worldwide box office (to roughly approximate the studio's cut of each ticket).

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • All of the top 10 ranked U.S. schools needed at least 3.5 years to achieve payback.

    FORBES: Shredding the MBA Straitjacket

  • To calculate our payback figures, we took half of each film's worldwide box office (to roughly approximate the studio's cut of each ticket).

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Wahid's eclectic cabinet could be read either as an example of political payback or as an attempt to give a broad range of Indonesians the feeling that they have a stake in his administration.

    CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Indonesia: Too Many Cooks?

  • Since Hungary's election in April put the hard-edged Viktor Orban in power, it is payback time.

    ECONOMIST: Hungary and Slovakia

  • And even when Pemex's budget has been generous, the money has often been spent on projects with a short-term payback, such as boosting production from old fields.

    ECONOMIST: The oil industry

  • Labour's Johann Lamont returned to the topic of health service provision while Ruth Davidson of the Conservatives concentrated upon community payback orders.

    BBC: Back on the beat

  • According to Forbes' first-ever list of Ultimate Star Payback, the movie stars who deliver the best bang for the buck aren't the industry's top earners.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

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