repay

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   Synonym of pay back in all senses.

   I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.

2. 2
   verb

   To 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.

3. 3
   verb

   answer back

4. 4
   verb

   pay back

5. 5
   verb

   make repayment for or return something

6. 6
   verb

   act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

7. 7
   verb

   To give in return; requite.

8. 8
   verb

   To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.

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”).