Synonyms for repay
riˈpeɪre·pay

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1. 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 with

   Antonyms:
   absolve, acquit, excuse, forget, forgive, neglect, overlook, pardon, pardon, pass over, slight

   Preposition:
   To requite injury with injury is human, but not Christian.

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1. repay

   Synonyms:
   remunerate, reimburse, recompense, reward, retaliate, requiter, fund

   Antonyms:
   defraud, misappropriate, embezzle, waste, alienate, extort, confiscate, exact

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1. 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 back

2. requite, repayverb

   make repayment for or return something

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

3. reward, 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 back

4. retort, 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

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1. • Act
   • Answer
   • Give

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1. repayverb

   Synonyms:
   refund, reimburse, pay back, restore

2. repayverb

   Synonyms:
   remunerate, compensate, reward, recompense, requite

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1. repayverb

   Synonyms:
   refund, restore, reimburse, recompense, requite, revenge, avenge, retaliate

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1. List of paraphrases for "repay":

   reimburse, refund, pay, amortize, rebate, depreciate, reimbursement, return

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1. Madame de Tencin:

   Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.

2. Ruth Smeltzer:

   You have not lived a perfect day, even though you have earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

3. Jerry Brown:

   Soon we will make the last payment on the $15 billion of borrowing made to cover budget deficits dating back to 2002, we will also repay a billion dollars borrowed from schools and community colleges.

4. Koon Chow:

   Because of what they've done, getting households to repay Swiss franc loans early, providing them with a hedging mechanism the adjustment cost has been priced in and hedged, it's been a vindication of Hungary's intent.

5. John Wooden:

   You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.