Pronunciations (2)
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/ɹiˈpeɪ/
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ɹiˈpeɪ
Verb
Synonym of pay back in all senses.
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I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.
I'll repay this wrong asap.
More examples (4)
But drops of Grief can ne’re repay / The debt of Love I owe, […]
On the results of the Kent Coast electrification, which is known to be repaying so far a satisfactory return on the investment in it, a Waterloo-Bournemouth scheme shows reasonable financial promise.
I was low as low could go / Could not stand anymore / Oh, I could never, never / Never, never repay you
Returning to the school years later, Diakabana discovered it was a school guard. She wanted to repay him. "He told me to help others when I could, so I launched a scholarship program," says Diakabana, who now lives in Switzerland and is co-founder of The Luminous Agency, which focuses on digital literacy.
To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.
Usage- Transitive
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The possible importance of excessive androgen secretion and the ingestion of agents such as the fluorenamines may repay further investigation.
To give in return; requite.
Usage- Transitive
Verb
To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.
Verb
pay back
- Broader terms
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Please refund me my money
make repayment for or return something
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
answer back