repayern.
/rᵻˈpeɪə/, /(ˌ)riːˈpeɪə/, U.S. /riˈpeɪər/, /rəˈpeɪər/ A person who makes repayment; esp. one who repays a loan or debt. Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] > requital or repayment > one who
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rembourseur, a reimburser; repayer.
1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 240 God is..a repaier of the wicked.
1738 Enq. Causes Encrease Poor 79 That Part which is payed by the poor Labourer and Handy-Craftsman is, indeed, partly repayed them... Those whom they serve..are their Repayers.
1791 Bee 2 Mar. 326 If a duty amounting to 100,000 l. is advanced a year before it is repaid, suppose the premium 10 l. per cent, such a tax will be to the repayers 110,000 l.
1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. iii. 50 I am a good repayer, Jack, of good or evil.
1958 R. Harrod Policy against Inflation viii. 189 In the old days, except during war, the British government was each year a net repayer of debt.
1994 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 4 Mar. Loan sharks..charged high interest and frequently issued death threats to slow repayers.
2007 Guardian 23 Apr. 28/3 The league table of worst repayers..also features Newcastle, Manchester and Glasgow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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