Max Lawson, Oxfam senior policy adviser, said: "Gordon Brown today signalled that payback time for Banks could be just around the corner."

乐施会(oxfam)高级政策顾问麦克斯·劳森(Max Lawson)说：“戈登·布朗今天的这番话标志着银行向公众付出回报的时候可能即将来临。”

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By increasing in process stability and consistent product quality, Expert Optimizer lowers the plant's operating costs for a payback time of just four months.

通过提高过程稳定性和产品质量一致性，Expert Optimizer降低了工厂的运作成本，而回收期仅用了四个月。

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I don't know whether it's easier for gentlemen or not because our voices are sort of in the bass, but maybe this is payback time since ladies are always singing the melody.

我不知道是否男人更容易唱出低声部，因为我们的嗓音本来就低，不过这也可能是女士们报复的时间到了，她们总是得唱旋律。

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

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

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From talking with friends and colleagues in business over the Christmas period about their thoughts for 2010, it was disturbing to hear that some feel that 2010 is 'payback time'.

BBC: Small firms upbeat for 2010