Definitions for: Repay


[v] answer back
[v] pay back; "Please refund me my money"
[v] make repayment for or return something
[v] act or give something in recognition of someone's behavior



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*pay" (r?-p?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaid (-p?d");
p. pr. & vb. n. Repaying.] [Pref. re- + pay: cf. F.
repayer.]
1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or
advanced.

If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place,
such sum or sums. --Shak.

2. To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a
good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an
injury.

Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not
commonly found to increase affection. --Rambler.

3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.

Syn: To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate;
remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.

Synonyms: come back, give back, pay back, refund, rejoin, requite, retort, return, return, reward, riposte

See Also: act, answer, give, move, pay, reimburse, reply, respond, restitute, restore

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