repay
repay
Definition
re·pay (ri pā′)
transitive verb -·paid′, -·pay′·ing
- to pay back (money); refund
- to pay back (a person)
- to make some return for; compensate repay a kindness
- to give or make some return or recompense to (a person), as for some service
- to do or give (an equivalent) in return to repay a visit
Etymology: OFr repaier
intransitive verb
- to make a repayment or return
- to reward or punish
re·pay′·able adjective
re·pay′·ment noun
repay
Synonyms
repay
v.
To pay back
reimburse, recompense, refund, return, indemnify, give back, make amends, requite, compensate, square oneself*, settle up*; see also pay 1.To retaliate
get even with, square accounts, reciprocate; see revenge. See syn. study at pay.
repay
Usage Examples
Used with why or when
- when: Loans will only have to be repaid when the graduate is earning above a set level.
Object
- overpayment: Once we have agreed the correct claim you will need to repay any overpayment of tax credits.
- debt: In a real sense, Scott was repaying a debt to mainland Europe.
- loan: You then repay the loan over an agreed period at a fixed rate of interest.
- mortgage: You can have your mortgage repaid in 18 to 19 years.
- indebtedness: The net proceeds of the sale will be used to repay indebtedness.
- borrowing: We have deployed some of our new equity initially to repay borrowings.
Preposition: at
- par: The stock will be repaid at par on 7 December 2007.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
- outstanding: If you wish to apply for another Nationwide credit card you must close this account and repay all amounts outstanding.
Modifying Another Word
- amply: But every one smiled on him and gave him kindly words, and Claus felt amply repaid for his long journey.
- handsomely: A group that used this as a study guide would be repaid handsomely.
- promptly: We shall promptly repay to you any sums paid by you or on your behalf under or in relation the agreement.
- immediately: You must immediately repay any amount over your Credit Limit in addition to the minimum monthly payment.
- gradually: There has been no new non-marketable borrowing since the 1980s, and the debt is being gradually repaid under fixed amortization schedules.
- fully: However, the loan must be fully repaid within a year or the life of the season ticket.
Preposition: after
- graduation: Fees will not have to be paid up front but may be added to your student loan and repaid after graduation.
Subject
- installment: It is repaid by monthly installments over, typically, 25 years.
Preposition: in
- installment: Loans are repaid in monthly installments over an agreed period.
Preposition: from
- proceed: ISA Mortgage A mortgage, which will be repaid from the proceeds of an ISA.
Preposition: by
- installment: It is repaid by monthly installments over, typically, 25 years.
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