What does repay mean?
Definitions for repay
riˈpeɪre·pay
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Princeton's WordNet
refund, return, repay, give backverb
pay back
"Please refund me my money"
requite, repayverb
make repayment for or return something
reward, repay, pay backverb
act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoinverb
answer back
Wiktionary
repayverb
To pay back.
I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To REPAYverb
Etymology: repayer, Fr. re and pay.
According to their deeds he will repay recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. Is. lix. 18.
The false honour, which he had so long enjoyed, was plentifully repaid in contempt. Francis Bacon.
He clad
Their nakedness with skins of beasts; or slain,
Or as the snake with youthful coat repaid. John Milton.The poorest service is repaid with thanks. William Shakespeare.
Fav’ring heav’n repaid my glorious toils
With a sack’d palace and barbarick spoils. Alexander Pope.I have fought well for Persia, and repaid
The benefit of birth with honest service. Nicholas Rowe.If you repay me not on such a day,
Such sums as are express’d in the condition,
Let the forfeit be an equal pound of your fair flesh. William Shakespeare.
Webster Dictionary
Repayverb
to pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced
Repayverb
to make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury
Repayverb
to pay anew, or a second time, as a debt
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Repay
rē-pā′, v.t. to pay back: to make return for: to recompense: to pay again or a second time.—v.i. to requite.—adj. Repay′able, that is to be repaid: due, as a bill due in thirty days.—n. Repay′ment, act of repaying: the money or thing repaid.
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Rank popularity for the word 'repay' in Verbs Frequency: #1034
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of repay in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of repay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of repay in a Sentence
What Mr. Dennis may have thought was a nickel and dime theft was, in the end, the equivalent of a major bank heist, now, he will be a convicted felon who must repay all the stolen money.
There were a lot of concerns about... the ability of The Maldives to repay these loans to China, that a lot of these loans were for projects which were not necessarily very economically feasible, or which had been obtained by Chinese companies under very questionable circumstances.
The Fund has asked us to repay $6.4 million for buying vehicles which were not budgeted for and they have also pulled the plug on $574 million funding for the next two years because of allegations of financial mismanagement and political abuse.
To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.
It will have permanent consequences on financial markets because we have this European-denominated debt to be repaid in the next 30 years, on the future -- if this instrument works and we are able to agree on the new own resources to repay this common debt, I think we can have a serious discussion on further initiatives.
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