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repayable

American  
[ri-pay-uh-buhl] / rɪˈpeɪ ə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being repaid.

  2. required to be repaid.


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The government has announced a council tax rebate and repayable discount on energy bills, but is facing calls to go further now to help with costs.

From BBC • May 3, 2022

Those whose employers have ceased withholding face a sheer cliff in take-home pay: Earn $103,999, you get the deferral — in effect, a temporary, repayable 7.65% bump in the paycheck.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2020

New claimants can access advance loans to tide them over the wait, repayable through deductions from future payments.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2020

The EIC will also invest in start-up companies to help them scale up using “blended finance” — part grant and part repayable loan.

From Nature • Jun. 7, 2018

The mortgage loan was made repayable at Michaelmas, 1580, when the lease commenced to run, and things seemed to have been made safe for the Shakespeares.

From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)

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