倍返し

ばいがえし

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold
2. inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

Kanji

• 倍 double. Read as バイ.
• 返 give back. Read as かえす.

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