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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 council tax funding announcement came as part of the UK government's plan to place a repayable £200 discount on bills for homes in England, Wales and Scotland from October.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 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

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

However, Glencore made the loan with the caveat that it would be “immediately repayable on demand” within three months if Gertler failed to secure the contract.

From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2017

The large loans to the Government of India at 3 1/2 and 3 per cent., repayable in 1931 and 1948, are guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India, practically the British Government.

From Everybody's Guide to Money Matters: with a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing therein by Cotton, William

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