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
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See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for repayment
reimbursement, compensation, restoration, reparation, restitution, quittance, indemnification, retaliation, revenge, amends, redress, recompense, atonement, requitalExamples from the Web for repayment
Contemporary Examples of repayment
In March, the company made an arrangement to accelerate the repayment date to 2017 – five years ahead of schedule.
Republicans often insist that veterans should stand at the front of the repayment queue.
But because the grant money is gone, it will be Italian citizens who will have to shoulder the repayment.
They include executive orders to help homeowners with their mortgages and students with the repayment of loans.
Why President Obama Loaded His State of the Union With Small InitiativesEleanor Clift
January 26, 2012
He was known to give money to local businesses and not ask for repayment.
Historical Examples of repayment
He said that the repayment of a debt is just, and in saying so he appears to me to be right.
The RepublicPlato
When Simonides said that the repayment of a debt was justice, he did not mean to include that case?
The RepublicPlato
And we won't say anything about repayment either, this time.
Audrey CravenMay Sinclair
They took all they could get, but assuredly they never understood the obligation of repayment.
The O'DonoghueCharles James Lever
The day for repayment came, but the poor man had not a single copeck.
Russian Fairy TalesW. R. S. Ralston
repay
- to pay back (money) to (a person); refund or reimburse
- to make a return for (something) by way of compensationto repay kindness