repay
Verb
Verb Forms: repaid, repaying, repays
- To pay back a debt; to compensate for something.
- pay back
- make repayment for or return something
- act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
- answer back
- Synonym of pay back in all senses.
- To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.
- To give in return; requite.
- To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.
Examples
- His risky play would either repay him with a high score or leave him in debt.
- I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.
- I'll repay this wrong asap.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
come back, give back, pay back, refund, rejoin, requite, retort, return, reward, riposte, pay back in all senses
Scrabble Score: 10
repay: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrepay: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
repay: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary