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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPA'Y, v.t.
1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.
2. To make return or requital; in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.
Benefits which cannot be repaid - are not commonly found to increase affection.
3. To recompense, as for a loss.
4. To compensate; as false honor repaid in contempt.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back]
2: make repayment for or return something [syn: requite, repay]
3: act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions [syn: reward, repay, pay back]
4: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin]

Merriam Webster's

verb (repaid; -paying) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to pay back <repay a loan> b. to give or inflict in return or requital <repay evil for evil> 2. to make a return payment to ; compensate, requite 3. to make requital for ; recompense <the success that repays hard work> intransitive verb to make return payment or requital Synonyms: see pay • repayable adjective • repayment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (past and past part. repaid) 1 tr. pay back (money). 2 tr. return (a blow, visit, etc.). 3 tr. make repayment to (a person). 4 tr. make return for; requite (a service, action, etc.) (must repay their kindness; the book repays close study). 5 tr. (often foll. by for) give in recompense. 6 intr. make repayment. Derivatives: repayable adj. repayment n. Etymology: OF repaier (as RE-, PAY(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repay Re*pay" (r?-p?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaid (-p?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repaying.] [Pref. re- + pay: cf. F. repayer.] 1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced. If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum or sums. --Shak. 2. To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury. Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not commonly found to increase affection. --Rambler. 3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt. Syn: To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(repays, repaying, repaid) 1. If you repay a loan or a debt, you pay back the money that you owe to the person who you borrowed or took it from. He advanced funds of his own to his company, which was unable to repay him. VERB: V n 2. If you repay a favour that someone did for you, you do something for them in return. It was very kind. I don't know how I can ever repay you... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Refund, reimburse, pay back, restore, return. 2. Remunerate, compensate, reward, recompense, requite, satisfy. 3. Retaliate, revenge, avenge.

Moby Thesaurus

accord, atone, award, balance, be gainful, be profitable, be worthwhile, compensate, cover, do penance, expiate, fill up, get satisfaction, give and take, give back, give satisfaction, indemnify, kick back, make amends, make compensation, make good, make reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make up for, make up to, offset, pay, pay back, pay damages, pay in kind, pay off, quit, reciprocate, recompense, recoup, rectify, redress, refund, reimburse, remunerate, requite, restore, retaliate, return, return the compliment, reward, set right, square, square with, yield a profit