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Synonyms for repay
riˈpeɪre·pay
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
repay
To repay or to retaliate, to punish or to reward, may be to make some return very inadequate to the benefit or injury received, or the right or wrong done; but to requite (according to its etymology) is to make so full and adequate a return as to quit oneself of all obligation of favor or hostility, of punishment or reward. Requite is often used in the more general sense of recompense or repay, but always with the suggestion, at least, of the original idea of full equivalent; when one speaks of requiting kindness with ingratitude, the expression gains force from the comparison of the actual with the proper and appropriate return. Compare PAY.
Synonyms:
avenge, compensate, pay, pay off, punish, quit, reciprocate, recompense, remunerate, requite, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy, settle withAntonyms:
absolve, acquit, excuse, forget, forgive, neglect, overlook, pardon, pardon, pass over, slightPreposition:
To requite injury with injury is human, but not Christian.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
repay
Synonyms:
remunerate, reimburse, recompense, reward, retaliate, requiter, fundAntonyms:
defraud, misappropriate, embezzle, waste, alienate, extort, confiscate, exact
Princeton's WordNet
refund, return, repay, give backverb
pay back
"Please refund me my money"
Synonyms:
recall, take back, reward, devolve, deliver, pay back, riposte, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, bring back, generate, return, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, render, requite, rejoin, give back, turn backrequite, repayverb
make repayment for or return something
Synonyms:
return, requite, give back, pay back, come back, reward, refund, retort, riposte, rejoinreward, repay, pay backverb
act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
Synonyms:
get, reinforce, pay back, riposte, honor, pay off, refund, retort, reward, fix, honour, return, requite, come back, rejoin, give backretort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoinverb
answer back
Synonyms:
recall, take back, devolve, bring back, pay back, riposte, deliver, retrovert, regress, revert, fall, refund, give, retort, reward, generate, return, reelect, pass, yield, hark back, come back, render, requite, rejoin, give back, turn back
Dictionary of English Synonymes
repayverb
repayverb
Synonyms:
remunerate, compensate, reward, recompense, requite
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "repay":
reimburse, refund, pay, amortize, rebate, depreciate, reimbursement, return
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#357 | return | |
#555 | give | |
#599 | pay | |
#1200 | fund | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1493 | pass | |
#2464 | fix | |
#3338 | deliver | |
#3965 | generate | |
#4193 | honor | |
#4557 | yield | |
#4982 | refund | |
#5370 | recall | |
#6027 | quit | |
#6680 | satisfy | |
#7016 | rebate | |
#7439 | reward | |
#8299 | revenge | |
#9759 | render | |
#10188 | reimbursement | |
#10225 | honour | |
#15260 | compensate | |
#15731 | reinforce | |
#17439 | punish | |
#19016 | repay | |
#20021 | revert | |
#23578 | reimburse | |
#39147 | regress | |
#44630 | retort | |
#47557 | avenge | |
#49630 | rejoin | |
#55596 | retaliate | |
#61208 | recompense | |
#68738 | reciprocate | |
#83252 | devolve | |
#88197 | depreciate | |
#89395 | amortize | |
#109967 | riposte | |
#188723 | reelect | |
#193604 | requite | |
#233459 | remunerate |
How to use repay in a sentence?
This is a vicious circle where people get more indebted, this one fisherman wound up owing the cartels $54,000 for 18 nets. He tried to get out, he finally came out and said there is no way I can repay the cartel. He was murdered.
That is just unconstitutional, the law says you have to repay student loans. Biden is ignoring those laws, and he can’t do that.
It will have permanent consequences on financial markets because we have this European-denominated debt to be repaid in the next 30 years, on the future -- if this instrument works and we are able to agree on the new own resources to repay this common debt, I think we can have a serious discussion on further initiatives.
I can’t repay him.
Some companies with a significant level of debt will have to think whether they can continue to keep paying dividends, or even more drastically, if they will be able to repay their debt.
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