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Definition of Repay
1. Verb. Pay back. "They repay them the money"; "Please refund me my money"
Generic synonyms: Pay
Specialized synonyms: Reimburse, Restitute, Restore
Derivative terms: Refund, Refund, Repayment, Repayment
2. Verb. Make repayment for or return something.
Generic synonyms: Give
Specialized synonyms: Pay
Derivative terms: Repayment, Repayment, Requital
3. Verb. Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions.
4. Verb. Answer back. "They repay that there was a traffic accident "
Generic synonyms: Answer, Reply, Respond
Derivative terms: Comeback, Retort, Return, Riposte
Definition of Repay
1. v. t. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.
Definition of Repay
1. Verb. To pay back. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repay
1. to pay back [v -PAID, -PAYING, -PAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repay
Literary usage of Repay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... ял such, to repay what the defendant has been compelled to pay in consequence
of a suretyship, is the question presented by the record. ..."
2. The Statutes of Nova Scotia by Nova Scotia (1892)
"An Act to enable the Municipality of St. Mary's, Guys- boro' County, to repay
certain borrowed moneys. (Pa«sed the 30th da; of April, AD 1892. ..."
3. Free Trade Versus Fair Trade by Thomas Henry Farrer Farrer, Charles Henry Chomley (1904)
"If America owes us money she must repay, or pay interest, whether we buy her corn
or not. into our own, as is shown fully below (Chapter ..."
4. Company Precedents, for Use in Relation to Companies Subject to the by Francis Beaufort Palmer (1881)
"Liberty to repay pro- mining paid by mistake. Upon the application of H., the off.
liq. of, &c., Order that the said H. be at liberty to repay to the ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"... and bound the town of Edinburgh to repay Edward the money advanced by him for
the Princess Cecily's dower, the marriage being now annulled. ..."
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