How many syllables in payback?

There are 2 syllables in the word payback.

Divide payback into syllables:

payback (noun):: requital; a portion or share; the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19.

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