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Repay

Repay Meaning & Definition
Repay Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Repay?

[v] answer back
[v] pay back; "Please refund me my money"
[v] make repayment for or return something
[v] act or give something in recognition of someone's behavior

Synonyms | Synonyms for Repay: come back | give back | pay back | refund | rejoin | requite | retort | return | return | reward | riposte

Related Terms | Find terms related to Repay:

See Also | act | answer | give | move | pay | reimburse | reply | respond | restitute | restore

Repay In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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