Definitions for repay
riˈpeɪre·pay

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. refund, return, repay, give backverb

   pay back

   "Please refund me my money"

2. requite, repayverb

   make repayment for or return something

3. reward, repay, pay backverb

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

4. retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoinverb

   answer back

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. repayverb

   To pay back.

   I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To REPAYverb

   Etymology: repayer, Fr. re and pay.

   1. To pay back in return, in requital, or in revenge.

   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.

   2. To recompense.

   He clad
   Their nakedness with skins of beasts; or slain,
   Or as the snake with youthful coat repaid. John Milton.

   3. To requite either good or ill.

   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.

   4. To reimburse with what is owed.

   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.

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1. repay

   To repay is to return or give back something, usually money, that has been borrowed, or to compensate or reward someone for their help or kindness. It can also mean to fulfil a promise or obligation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Repayverb

   to pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced

2. Repayverb

   to make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury

3. Repayverb

   to pay anew, or a second time, as a debt

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'repay' in Verbs Frequency: #1034

Anagrams for repay »

1. payer

2. peary

3. apery

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of repay in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of repay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of repay in a Sentence

1. Marcel Fratzscher:

   The recapitalization will have to be done by the Greek government so that means more money in the third program, it's a loan they have to repay but there is no risk-sharing on the European side. They will have to bail in the private creditors. I can't see how this could not happen.

2. Murad Ansari:

   The pace of execution on some of the existing projects has slowed down, so a project that would take six months to complete may now see an extended execution time line, moreover, government payments have slowed down. As a result, contractors which normally rely on short-term funding for projects are feeling an impact on their working capital, so their ability to repay debt is not as strong as it was before.

3. Madame de Tencin:

   Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.

4. Rooma Mehra:

   We were very very lucky children! I pray that our future generations have as much fun, in whatever way! We should at least try to leave enough water, greenery, forests .. simple means of human sustenance .. if for no other reason but to repay Nature's debt on all of us..who enjoyed nature's charity to the hilt selfishly..when it was meant for ALL human beings including children of the future ..

5. Vijay Mallya:

   I think the overriding consideration that everybody seems to be missing is that I have put $2 billion worth of assets in front of the Karnataka high court which is more than sufficient to repay the banks and indeed everybody else, so the question of attaching assets either in the UK or whatever should not arise.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=repay
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Repay
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=repay
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repay
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=repay