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
1Other words for repay
Other words from repay
- re·pay·a·ble, adjective
- re·pay·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- re·pay·ment, noun
- non·re·pay·a·ble, adjective
- non·re·pay·ing, adjective
- un·re·paid, adjective
- un·re·pay·a·ble, adjective
- well-re·paid, adjective
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How to use repay in a sentence
In a filing announcing its initial public offering, it said that the vast majority of dollars lent had been repaid.
The Loan Company That Sued Thousands of Low-Income Latinos During the Pandemic | by Kiah Collier, Ren Larson and Perla Trevizo | August 31, 2020 | ProPublicaIn a second complaint filed last December, Nuñez said that her credit score had been damaged after Oportun charged off her account, meaning it didn’t expect to be repaid, despite the fact that she had resumed payments.
The Loan Company That Sued Thousands of Low-Income Latinos During the Pandemic | by Kiah Collier, Ren Larson and Perla Trevizo | August 31, 2020 | ProPublicaBusinesses will scramble to make up for thousands of dollars in lost income, to repay debts to vendors, to pay back months of rent.
Is the Government Just Going to Watch the Restaurant Industry Die? | Elazar Sontag | August 28, 2020 | EaterHaving produced all living things, it deserves our gratitude, while its power and subtle complexity repay scientific scrutiny.
Just Because It’s Natural Doesn’t Mean It’s Good - Issue 89: The Dark Side | David P. Barash | August 19, 2020 | NautilusThis left them with insufficient funds to repay the buyers, so they’re offering a 120% future credit, which many people are upset about.
What to do if you lost money on an event canceled because of COVID-19 | Rachel King | August 19, 2020 | Fortune
She vowed to repay the money—no official word, however, on whether she ever did that.
There is no way I could ever repay the debt I owe him for his standing by me through the challenges of the last decade.
Chesapeake pledged to pay Access enough in fees to repay the $5 billion plus a 15 percent return on its pipelines.
How the Kings of Fracking Double-Crossed Their Way to Riches | ProPublica | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe electric sports car maker is using a debt offering to repay a $465 million government loan – nine years before it is due.
Tesla Motors will repay government loan nine years early | Daniel Gross | May 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut whatever the amount, over a couple of years it will more than repay the hour that you spent setting all this up.
Happy Tax Day. Now Stop Making Interest-Free Loans to the U.S. Government. | Megan McArdle | April 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIll should I repay the family who fostered my son, were I to surrender their darling into the hands of his enemies.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterIn former transactions with his wife, he had pledged his word of honour to repay her.
As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousFor how otherwise but by diminishing wages can they repay themselves for lost time, for trouble, and for expense?
To erect steam-engines, they never could believe would repay the expense.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for repay
/ (rɪˈpeɪ) /
to pay back (money) to (a person); refund or reimburse
to make a return for (something) by way of compensation: to repay kindness
Derived forms of repay
- repayable, adjective
- repayment, noun
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