repay
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.
to make repayment or return.
Origin of repay
1Other words for repay
Other words from repay
- re·pay·a·ble, adjective
- re·pay·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- re·pay·ment, noun
- non·re·pay·a·ble, adjective
- non·re·pay·ing, adjective
- un·re·paid, adjective
- un·re·pay·a·ble, adjective
- well-re·paid, adjective
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How to use repay in a sentence
She vowed to repay the money—no official word, however, on whether she ever did that.
There is no way I could ever repay the debt I owe him for his standing by me through the challenges of the last decade.
Chesapeake pledged to pay Access enough in fees to repay the $5 billion plus a 15 percent return on its pipelines.
How the Kings of Fracking Double-Crossed Their Way to Riches | ProPublica | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe electric sports car maker is using a debt offering to repay a $465 million government loan – nine years before it is due.
Tesla Motors will repay government loan nine years early | Daniel Gross | May 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut whatever the amount, over a couple of years it will more than repay the hour that you spent setting all this up.
Happy Tax Day. Now Stop Making Interest-Free Loans to the U.S. Government. | Megan McArdle | April 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Ill should I repay the family who fostered my son, were I to surrender their darling into the hands of his enemies.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterIn former transactions with his wife, he had pledged his word of honour to repay her.
As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousFor how otherwise but by diminishing wages can they repay themselves for lost time, for trouble, and for expense?
To erect steam-engines, they never could believe would repay the expense.
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British Dictionary definitions for repay
/ (rɪˈpeɪ) /
to pay back (money) to (a person); refund or reimburse
to make a return for (something) by way of compensation: to repay kindness
Derived forms of repay
- repayable, adjective
- repayment, noun
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