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repay definition

re·pay (ri pā′)

transitive verb repaid -·paid′, repaying -·pay′·ing

    1. to pay back (money); refund
    2. to pay back (a person)
  2. to make some return for; compensate repay a kindness
  3. to give or make some return or recompense to (a person), as for some service
  4. to do or give (an equivalent) in return to repay a visit

Etymology: OFr repaier

intransitive verb

  1. to make a repayment or return
  2. to reward or punish

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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