repaid
(ˌ)rē-ˈpād 
; repaying
; repaying
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
: to make return payment or requital
Examples of repay in a Sentence
You can repay the mortgage over 30 years.
She would rather have to repay the bank than borrow from her parents and have to repay them.
How can I ever repay your kindness?
How can I ever repay you for your kindness?
Recent Examples on the Web
Burrell is also being sued in Aspen by U.S. Bank for allegedly not repaying a $3.5 million loan.
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Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Fact check: No, Donald Trump was not criminally prosecuted for taking out, repaying loan
In 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history and was sentenced to 150 years in prison.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
In the summer of 2002, Fiorentina went into administration because of huge debts its owners couldn’t repay and six months later, the Cirio group, a majority shareholder in Lazio, defaulted on its loans.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
He was also ordered to repay more than $11 billion, a sentence that will likely financially incapacitate him for the rest of his life.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
But the engineer overseeing the county’s water expansion, Trent Thompson, suggested a private utility would be an unwelcome competitor as the county seeks customers to help repay $120 million in loans used to fund the project.
—Russ Bynum, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
The ballot question specifies that a debt levy, repaid through property taxes, will fund the bonds.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024
Coca-Cola’s consultants, for example, visited the fields and sugar mills of western India and, in 2019, reported that children were cutting sugar cane and laborers were working to repay their employers.
—Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Vance repaid the favor by vocally supporting Moreno this year in a bitter and often petty primary race.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Fact check: No, Donald Trump was not criminally prosecuted for taking out, repaying loan
In 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history and was sentenced to 150 years in prison.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
In the summer of 2002, Fiorentina went into administration because of huge debts its owners couldn’t repay and six months later, the Cirio group, a majority shareholder in Lazio, defaulted on its loans.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
He was also ordered to repay more than $11 billion, a sentence that will likely financially incapacitate him for the rest of his life.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
But the engineer overseeing the county’s water expansion, Trent Thompson, suggested a private utility would be an unwelcome competitor as the county seeks customers to help repay $120 million in loans used to fund the project.
—Russ Bynum, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
The ballot question specifies that a debt levy, repaid through property taxes, will fund the bonds.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024
Coca-Cola’s consultants, for example, visited the fields and sugar mills of western India and, in 2019, reported that children were cutting sugar cane and laborers were working to repay their employers.
—Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Vance repaid the favor by vocally supporting Moreno this year in a bitter and often petty primary race.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Repay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repay. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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