repay
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repay¹
- /ɹiˈpeɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From Old French repaier (“to pay back”), from re- + paiier (“to pay”), from Latin pācāre (“to settle, to make peaceful”), from pāx (“peace”) + -ō (forming verbs). Equivalent to re- + pay. Cognate with repacify and French repayer (“to pay again”).
verb repays · repaying · repaid
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Synonym of pay back in all senses.
I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.
Similar: liquidate, pay back in all senses
- To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off. The possible importance of excessive androgen secretion and the ingestion of agents such as the fluorenamines may repay further investigation.
- To give in return; requite.
repay²
- /ɹiˈpeɪ/
Rhymes with -eɪ
verb repays · repaying · repayed · repaid
- To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: requite, pay back, reward, refund, give back, rejoin, return, come back, retort, riposte, compensate, reimburse, defray, rebate, remit, redeem
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title = {repay},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
