单词 | paying back |
释义 | paying backn. The action of repaying something; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] gain-giving1489 retaliation1546 reciprocation1561 counterchange1586 return1591 paying back1598 revying1610 gratuity1614 quida1616 retreat?1615 retortion1636 retortment1649 society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > repayment again-gift1340 repayment1421 recompense1439 refoundiment1555 paying back1598 refaction1640 refundment1665 refund1711 recouperation1865 recoup1904 balloon1972 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 180 O I do not like that paying backe, tis a double labor. View more context for this quotation 1738 F. Moore Trav. 122 Whatever Commodity a Man sells in the Morning, he may..go and have the things return'd to him again, on his paying back the Money. 1787 D. Fenning Universal Spelling Bk. iii. 137/1 Reimbursement, a paying back. 1841 E. Leslie Mr. & Mrs. Woodbridge ii, in Mr. & Mrs. Woodbridge & Other Tales 40 Is it an affair of life and death, our paying back again what we owe to the people who saw proper to invite us. 1895 New Eng. Mag. Mar. 30 The paying back of stock to dissatisfied members crippled the association financially. 1958 J. Stevens tr. F. M. Heichelheim Anc. Econ. Hist. I. v. 256 In Megara a kind of anarchy in the paying back of interest followed the fall of a tyrant. 2003 Yearbk. Experts, Authorities, & Spokespersons (Nexis) 27 Aug. [In this story] you can see..the paying back of help received in difficult times. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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