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Repay
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Synonyms: refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.