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re⋅pay

  [ri-pey] verb, -paid, -pay⋅ing.
Use repay in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to pay back or refund, as money.
2. to make return for: She repaid the compliment with a smile.
3. to make return to in any way: We can never repay you for your help.
4. to return: to repay a visit.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make repayment or return.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF repaier. See re-, pay 1

Related forms:
re⋅pay⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅pay⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
re⋅pay⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. reimburse, indemnify. 3. requite, reward.
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re·pay   (rĭ-pā')   
v.   re·paid (-pād'), re·pay·ing, re·pays

v.   tr.
  1. To pay back: repaid a debt.
  2. To give back, either in return or in compensation: repay kindness with kindness.
  3. To make a return or compensation for: a company that repays hard work with bonuses.
  4. To make or do in return: repay a call.
v.   intr.
To make repayment or requital.
re·pay'a·ble adj., re·pay'ment n.
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Repay

Re*pay"\ (r?-p?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaid (-p?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repaying.] [Pref. re- + pay: cf. F. repayer.]

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

If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum or sums. --Shak.

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

Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not commonly found to increase affection. --Rambler.

3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.

Syn: To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : repay
Spanish: devolver, pagar,
German: zurückzahlen,
Japanese: 返済する
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repay 
1467 (implied in repayment), from O.Fr. repaier, from re- "back, again" + payer "to pay" (see pay).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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