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repayment|rɪˈpeɪmənt| Also re- |riː-|. 1. The (or an) act of repaying; payment back (of money lent, etc.).
1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 387 Euery man..shalle haue re⁓payment of suche a summe as he hath payde. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 8 Bondes for suertie perfite and sure repayment of..money lent. 1579G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 62, I can forthwith give you my obligation for repayment of the principalls with the loane. 1649Chas. II. in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 327, I desire you..to lend me five hundred pounds, whereof I promise you..very faithfull re⁓payment. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 90 She promised them both men and money, for their assistance, they giving caution for repayments. 1776Adam Smith W.N. ii. ii. (1869) I. 297 The easy terms upon which the Scotch banking companies accept of repayment are..peculiar to them. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 50 Those estates which are held as a security or pledge for the repayment of money. 1885Law Rep. 29 Chanc. Div. 264 Upon Russell's re-payment of the same rent to Hampton. 2. Requital, return (of services, etc.).
1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 20 In repayment of my trauell..you commaunded I should dine at your table. 1819Shelley Julian 400 Was it I who wooed thee to this breast, Which like a serpent thou envenomest As in repayment of the warmth it lent? 1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 259 With..the repayment of the kiss Lucy had advanced. 3. Comb., as repayment mortgage (see quots.).
1965Legal Side of buying House (Consumers' Assoc.) ii. 31 There are two main differences between a fixed mortgage combined with an endowment policy.., and a repayment mortgage. First, the insurance premiums..are eligible for tax relief... Secondly, if the borrower dies before the mortgage is paid off..the endowment assurance policy..pays all that is due. 1968B. D. Coleman Money—How to save it, spend it, & make It iv. 25 This annuity mortgage (also known as a ‘repayment’ mortgage),..is simply a mortgage loan on a property to be bought, the principal (or capital borrowed) and interest to be repaid together by means of fixed instalments over a fixed period. 1974Listener 24 Jan. 98/3 A building society prefers its borrowers..to stick to the simple repayment mortgage: paying back the advance over a period by monthly instalments of capital and interest combined. |