Pay-back Definition

verb

To pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay.

He paid her back with interest.
He paid back all the money he owed her.
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(figuratively) To exact revenge.

He paid them back for their conniving.
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Pay-back Sentence Examples

  • The costs of doing away with passwords will pay back handsomely when you consider support calls and user frustration.

  • After his losses, he had determined to pay back his debt to his parents in five years.

  • If you are found to have lied on your SNAP application or concealed information in order to continue receiving benefits, you will be required to pay back the value of your food stamps.

  • Paying back overpaid housing benefit We may ask either you or the person who received the payments to pay back the overpayment.

  • Susie agrees to become a prostitute to help Donna pay back the money she owes Des for drugs.

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