repay (redirected from repayments)

re·pay  (r-p)

v. re·paid (-pd), 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.

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re·paya·ble adj.

re·payment n.

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repay [rɪˈpeɪ]

vb -pays, -paying, -paid

1. to pay back (money) to (a person); refund or reimburse

2. to make a return for (something) by way of compensation to repay kindness

repayable  adj

repayment  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	repay - pay back; "Please refund me my money" give back, refund, return pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" reimburse - pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?" restitute, restore - give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"
	2.	repay - make repayment for or return something requite give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" pay - make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"
	3.	repay - act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions pay back, reward act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	4.	repay - answer back retort, rejoin, riposte, come back, return answer, reply, respond - react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

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repay

verb

1. pay back, refund, settle up, return, square, restore, compensate, reimburse, recompense, requite, remunerate It will take 30 years to repay the loan.

2. reward, return, reciprocate, recompense, make restitution How can I ever repay such kindness?

Translations

repay [riːˈpeɪ] (repaid (pt, pp)) VT [+ money] → reembolsar, devolver; [+ debt] → liquidar, pagar; [+ person] → reembolsar, pagar; [+ kindness etc] → devolver, corresponder a; [+ visit] → devolver, pagar
to repay sb in full → pagar or devolver a algn todo lo que se le debe
how can I ever repay you? → ¿podré corresponderle alguna vez?
I don't know how I can ever repay you → no sé cómo podré devolverle el favor
it repays study → vale la pena estudiarlo
it repays a visit → vale la pena visitarlo
it repays reading → vale la pena leerlo

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repay [rɪˈpeɪ] [repaid] [rɪˈpeɪd] (pt, pp) vt

(= pay back) [+ money, loan, debt, mortgage] → rembourser
He failed to repay the debt → Il n'a pas remboursé la dette.

(= pay back) [+ person, creditor] → rembourser

(= show gratitude for) [+ kindness] → récompenser de (= show gratitude to) [+ person, friend] → rendre la pareille à
I don't know how I can ever repay you → Je ne sais pas comment je pourrais jamais vous rendre la pareille.
to repay the favour → rendre la pareille

(= reward) [+ faith, belief] → récompenser; [+ work, efforts] → récompenser
All our efforts were repaid → Tous nos efforts ont été récompensés.

(= reward) [+ person, supporter] → récompenser

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repay pret, ptp <repaid>

vt money → zurückzahlen; expenses → erstatten; debt → abzahlen; kindness → vergelten; visit, compliment → erwidern; if you lend me £2 I’ll repay it or you on Saturday → leih mir doch mal 2 Pfund, ich zahle sie dir am Samstag zurück; I shall repay my debt to you one day (fig) → ich werde es dir eines Tages vergelten or lohnen; to repay somebody for his generosity → sich für jds Großzügigkeit revanchieren; he repaid their kindness by stealing their camera → zum Dank für ihre Freundlichkeit hat er ihnen die Kamera gestohlen; to be repaid for one’s efforts → für seine Mühen belohnt werden; how can I ever repay you? → wie kann ich das jemals wiedergutmachen?; she wants to repay his faith in her → sie möchte das Vertrauen, das er in sie gesetzt hat, rechtfertigen

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repay [riːˈpeɪ] vt (repaid (pt, pp)) (money) → restituire; (debt) → pagare; (lender) → rimborsare, restituire i soldi a; (sb's kindness) → ricambiare
how can I ever repay you? → come potrò mai ricompensarti?

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repay [riːˈpeɪ] vt (repaid (pt, pp)) (money) → restituire; (debt) → pagare; (lender) → rimborsare, restituire i soldi a; (sb's kindness) → ricambiare
how can I ever repay you? → come potrò mai ricompensarti?

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repay

v repay [riˈpei]

to pay back When are you going to repay the money you borrowed?; I must find a way of repaying his kindness / repaying him for his kindness. terugbetaal يُسَدِّد отплащам vrátit; oplatit betale tilbage zurückzahlen ξεπληρώνω devolver, pagar tagasi maksma پاداش دادن؛ تلافی کردن maksaa takaisin rendre לִפרוֹעַ चुका देना, लौटाना, मुआवजा चुकाना vratiti (zajam, dug), uzvratiti (posjet, udarac) visszafizet membayar kembali endurgreiða ripagare, restituire 返済する 상환하다 at(si)lyginti, (su)grąžinti atdot (naudu); atmaksāt membayar semula terugbetalen tilbakebetale, godtgjøre spłacić, odwzajemnić się pagar a înapoia; a răsplăti возвращать долг; отплачивать; отблагодарить vrátiť; odplatiť poplačati vratiti betala tillbaka, återgälda จ่ายเงินคืน ödemek 償還，報答 винагороджувати روپیہ ادا کرنا trả lại 偿还，报答

n reˈpayment

terugbetaling تَسْديد отплата splacení tilbagebetaling die Rückzahlung εξόφληση, ανταπόδοση reembolso tagasimaksmine, tasu بازپرداخت؛ قسط؛ تلافی takaisinmaksu remboursement פִּירָעוֹן पुनर्भुगतान vraćanje, otplaćivanje visszafizetés pembayaran kembali endurgreiðsla restituzione, rimborso 返済 상환 atlyginimas, grąžinimas atmaksāšana; (naudas) atdošana bayaran semula terugbetaling tilbakebetaling, godtgjørelse spłata, odpłata pagamento restituire возвращение денег splatenie izplačilo otplata återbetalning การชำระคืน ödeme 償還，報答 виплата اداءیگی sự trả lại 偿还，报答

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repay → يَفي مالا uhradit betale tilbage zurückzahlen ξεπληρώνω devolver el dinero, reembolsar el dinero maksaa takaisin rembourser vratiti ripagare 返済する 상환하다 terugbetalen betale tilbake spłacić reembolsar возвращать återbetala จ่ายเงินคืน geri ödemek trả lại tiền 偿还