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Princeton's WordNet

  1. reward, repay, pay backverb

    act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

  2. pay back, pay off, get, fixverb

    take vengeance on or get even

    "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

Wiktionary

  1. pay backverb

    to pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay

  2. pay backverb

    to exact revenge

ChatGPT

  1. pay back

    Pay back generally refers to the act of returning money that was borrowed from someone or an institution. It can also mean to retaliate or take revenge for a wrong or injury suffered. The specific definition greatly depends on the context in which it is used.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pay back in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pay back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of pay back in a Sentence

  1. Malayan Proverb:

    One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

  2. Paulo Batista:

    My father is a first-generation immigrant, this was some way to pay back and show love for the country. It was embedded in me, and it became a passion.

  3. Chief Executive Robert Martin:

    Our general approach has been to talk about a three-month deferral where we maybe defer around half of their rent and then have them pay back whenever their strong period is later in the year.

  4. Christine Fong:

    Did HSBC look into the clients of SVB in detail? Say, the financial statement — whether they can pay back the loan?

  5. Siobhan Morden:

    You have to pay back the China swap line (in 12 months time). It is a temporary fix to end the term, but it places a huge burden on the incoming administration to pay back the swap line and reverse the balance of payments deficit.


Translations for pay back

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  • revanchieren, zurückzahlenGerman
  • pagarSpanish
  • maksaa, hyvittää, maksaa samalla mitalla, palauttaa, maksaa potut pottuina, takaisinFinnish
  • rembourserFrench

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