/ɹiˈpeɪ/
OriginFrom 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”).
- 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, […]”
- transitiveTo 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.”
- transitiveTo give in return; requite.
- To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.
Formsrepays(present, singular, third-person) · repaying(participle, present) · repaid(participle, past) · repaid(past) · repayed(participle, past) · repayed(past)