repay.
Synonym of pay back in all senses.
Meaning & usage
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.
To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.
To give in return; requite.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.
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