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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

Verb

[-paying, -paid]

1. to refund or reimburse

2. to make a return for (something): to repay hospitality

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

verb 2. reward, make restitution

Translations

repay [riːˈpeɪ] vt (irreg like pay) [+ money]; devolver, reembolsar [+ person]; pagar [+ debt]; liquidar [+ sb's efforts]; devolver, corresponder a

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repay [riːˈpeɪ] vt irreg like pay) [+ money, creditor]; rembourser [+ sb's efforts]; récompenser

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repay [riːˈpeɪ] irreg like pay) vt → zurückzahlen;

(sb's efforts, attention) → belohnen;

(favour) → erwidern;

I'll repay you next week → ich zahle es dir nächste Woche zurück

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repay [riːˈpeɪ] vt (irreg) [+ money, creditor]; rimborsare, ripagare [+ sb's efforts]; ricompensare

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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 돈을 갚다, 보답하다 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 변제, 상환, 보답 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