repay

verb

re·pay (ˌ)rē-ˈpā How to pronounce repay (audio)

repaid (ˌ)rē-ˈpād How to pronounce repay (audio)

; repaying

transitive verb

: to pay back

repay a loan

: to give or inflict in return or requital

repay evil for evil

: to make a return payment to : compensate, requite

: to make requital for : recompense

the success that repays hard work

intransitive verb

: to make return payment or requital

repayable

(ˌ)rē-ˈpā-ə-bəl How to pronounce repay (audio)

adjective

repayment

(ˌ)rē-ˈpā-mənt How to pronounce repay (audio)

noun

Example Sentences

You can repay the mortgage over 30 years. She would rather have to repay the bank than borrow from her parents and have to repay them. How can I ever repay your kindness? How can I ever repay you for your kindness?

Recent Examples on the Web That, coupled with the loan’s high interest rates, helps explain why many Parent PLUS borrowers struggle to repay those loans, especially as some parents are working jobs without the income benefit of a degree.

Time, 17 Sep. 2022 The country must repay debt of more than $20 billion in this fiscal year, which started July 1.

Saeed Shah, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 City leaders and community members spent more than 28 hours across multiple hearings that year debating whether hotel operations would ever be able to repay the $300 million in bonds — or if taxpayers would be left holding the bag.

Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2022 Nearly 70% of the world’s poorest countries will dole out $52.8 billion this year to repay debts, with more than a quarter of that amount flowing to China.

Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022 For almost three years, student loans were finally seen as too massive for borrowers to repay, yet marginal enough for the federal government to ignore.

Julian Epp, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022 So when should people repay their loans that Biden didn't forgive?

Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 In addition, schools where at least a third of their students receive federal loans must partially repay a student loan to the Department of Education if that loan is later discharged in bankruptcy.

Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 That in turn requires making assumptions about what borrowers will repay—and what the government will forgive.

Preston Cooper, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 See More

单词	repaid
释义	repay verb re·pay (ˌ)rē-ˈpā repaid (ˌ)rē-ˈpād ; repaying transitive verb 1 a : to pay back repay a loan b : to give or inflict in return or requital repay evil for evil 2 : to make a return payment to : compensate, requite 3 : to make requital for : recompense the success that repays hard work intransitive verb : to make return payment or requital repayable (ˌ)rē-ˈpā-ə-bəl adjective repayment (ˌ)rē-ˈpā-mənt noun Synonyms refund reimburse See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences You can repay the mortgage over 30 years. She would rather have to repay the bank than borrow from her parents and have to repay them. How can I ever repay your kindness? How can I ever repay you for your kindness? Recent Examples on the Web That, coupled with the loan’s high interest rates, helps explain why many Parent PLUS borrowers struggle to repay those loans, especially as some parents are working jobs without the income benefit of a degree. Time, 17 Sep. 2022 The country must repay debt of more than $20 billion in this fiscal year, which started July 1. Saeed Shah, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 City leaders and community members spent more than 28 hours across multiple hearings that year debating whether hotel operations would ever be able to repay the $300 million in bonds — or if taxpayers would be left holding the bag. Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2022 Nearly 70% of the world’s poorest countries will dole out $52.8 billion this year to repay debts, with more than a quarter of that amount flowing to China. Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022 For almost three years, student loans were finally seen as too massive for borrowers to repay, yet marginal enough for the federal government to ignore. Julian Epp, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2022 So when should people repay their loans that Biden didn't forgive? Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022 In addition, schools where at least a third of their students receive federal loans must partially repay a student loan to the Department of Education if that loan is later discharged in bankruptcy. Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 That in turn requires making assumptions about what borrowers will repay—and what the government will forgive. Preston Cooper, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Kids Definition repay verb re·pay rē-ˈpā repaid -ˈpād ; repaying 1 : to pay back repay a loan 2 : to do or give something in return How can I repay the favor? repaid 1 of 2 adjective as in liquidated Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance liquidated cleared prepaid settled paid (off or up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms owed payable outstanding unpaid owing due overdue mature unsettled See More repaid 2 of 2 verb past tense of repay 1 as in reimbursed to make a return payment to I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me Synonyms & Similar Words reimbursed refunded compensated paid back reciprocated recompensed remunerated liquidated satisfied gave back paid up paid off paid down rendered (to) settled quitted quit 2 as in reciprocated to make a return for how can we ever repay your kindness? Synonyms & Similar Words reciprocated paid exchanged recompensed requited satisfied compensated reimbursed refunded recouped avenged remunerated indemnified revenged retaliated restituted gave back got back (at) Antonyms & Near Antonyms owed
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