repay : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repay	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for repay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repay v pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back] make repayment for or return something Synonym(s): requite, repay act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions Synonym(s): reward, repay, pay back answer back Synonym(s): retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repay \Repay"\ (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.