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[ ri-pey ] / rɪˈpeɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR repay ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), re·paid, re·pay·ing.to pay back or refund, as money. to make return for: She repaid the compliment with a smile. to make return to in any way: We can never repay you for your help. to return: to repay a visit. verb (used without object), re·paid, re·pay·ing.to make repayment or return. Origin of repayFrom the Middle French word repaier, dating back to 1520–30. See re-, pay1 SYNONYMS FOR repay1 reimburse, indemnify. 3 requite, reward. SEE SYNONYMS FOR repay ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM repayre·pay·a·ble, adjectivere·pay·a·bil·i·ty, nounre·pay·ment, nounnon·re·pay·a·ble, adjective non·re·pay·ing, adjectiveun·re·paid, adjectiveun·re·pay·a·ble, adjectivewell-re·paid, adjective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for repayI think they looked at it as an opportunity to effectively get disguised financing…that is going to be repaid at a premium. How the Kings of Fracking Double-Crossed Their Way to Riches|ProPublica|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST This spring Tesla repaid its loan from the Department of Energy several years early and raised $1 billion in private capital. Tesla’s Rise Forces Other Automakers to Up Their Electric Car Game|Daniel Gross|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST The credit system functions only if people can sleep at night secure in the knowledge that their loans will be repaid. China’s Market Shivers and the World Freaks Out|Daniel Gross|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Carl is repaid for his worldliness with failure and ignominy. American Dreams: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather|Nathaniel Rich|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Chrysler and GM have not repaid the bailout loans as is stated. Obama’s ‘The Road’ and Bush’s ‘The Pitch’ Both Smart Films, But Dubya’s Video Gave Hope|Mark McKinnon|March 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Chavigni repaid the Cardinal with heartfelt gratitude, with firm adherence, and uncompromising service. Richelieu, v. 1/3|G. P. R. James The money was to be repaid, and the employment was at an end. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843|Various It might one day respond, while certainly if it repaid warmly my love now, one day it would not. The Damsel and the Sage|Elinor Glyn Good, and for the first time burglary shall be repaid with gratitude. It had been worth the doing, and her toil was repaid now a thousandfold. The Girls of St. Cyprian's|Angela Brazil
British Dictionary definitions for repay
verb -pays, -paying or -paidto pay back (money) to (a person); refund or reimburse to make a return for (something) by way of compensationto repay kindness Derived forms of repayrepayable, adjectiverepayment, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to repayrefund, restore, reimburse, compensate, offset, reward, pay back, accord, square, indemnify, remunerate, rebate, award, recompense, requite, return, balance, revenge, retaliate, reciprocate |