repay

VerbVerbhäufig in Dialogen

//ɹiˈpeɪ//

Synonym of pay back in all senses.

Verb

1
Synonym of pay back in all senses.
I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.
I'll repay this wrong asap.
But drops of Grief can ne’re repay / The debt of Love I owe, […]
On the results of the Kent Coast electrification, which is known to be repaying so far a satisfactory return on the investment in it, a Waterloo-Bournemouth scheme shows reasonable financial promise.
2
To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.
The possible importance of excessive androgen secretion and the ingestion of agents such as the fluorenamines may repay further investigation.
3
To give in return; requite.

Herkunft

From Old French repaier (“to pay back”), from re- + paiier (“to pay”), from Latin pācāre (“to settle, to make peaceful”), from pāx (“peace”) + -ō (forming verbs). Equivalent to re- + pay. Cognate with repacify and French repayer (“to pay again”).

Verb

1
To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.

Formen

Präteritum: repaid, repayed
Partizip II: repaid, repayed
Partizip I: repaying
3. Person Singular: repays

rep · To represent; to act as a representative for.repair · To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged…repairing · The act by which something is repaired; a mending.

repay · Synonym of pay back in all senses.

repeat · To do or say again (and again).repeated · Having been said or done again.repeatedly · Done several times or in repetition.

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