repay

v., -paid (-pād'), -pay·ing, -pays.

v.tr.

1. To pay back: repaid a debt.
2. To give back, either in return or in compensation: repay kindness with kindness.
3. To make a return or compensation for: a company that repays hard work with bonuses.
4. To make or do in return: repay a call.

v.intr.

To make repayment or requital.

repayable re·pay'a·ble adj.
repayment re·pay'ment n.

verb

1. To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, pay off, redress, requite, vindicate. Informal fix. Archaic wreak. Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, pay backin kindin one's own coin, settlesquareaccounts, take an eye for an eye. See forgiveness/vindictiveness.
2. To give back, especially money: refund, reimburse, restitute. See pay/owe.
3. To give compensation to: compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, redress, reimburse, remunerate, requite. See pay/owe.
4. To make as income or profit: bring in, clear, draw, earn, gain, gross, net², pay, produce, realize, return, yield. See money.
5. To give a satisfactory return to: compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, remunerate, requite, reward. See pay/owe.

v

Definition: get even; settle the score
Antonyms: leave alone

v

Definition: give back money or possession
Antonyms: deprive, extort, penalize, seize, steal, take

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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: pay back
  Synonyms: refund, return, give back

Meaning #2: make repayment for or return something
  Synonym: requite

Meaning #3: act or give something in recognition of someone's behavior
  Synonyms: reward, pay back

Meaning #4: answer back
  Synonyms: retort, come back, return, riposte, rejoin

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - betale tilbage, give igen, gengælde
v. intr. - betale igen

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugbetalen, belonen, vergelden

Français (French)
v. tr. - rembourser, rendre (l'hospitalité), remercier, rendre la pareille, gagner à (sout)
v. intr. - rembourser, récompenser

Deutsch (German)
v. - zurückzahlen, erstatten, erwidern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεπληρώνω, εξοφλώ, ανταποδίδω, επιστρέφω χρήματα

Italiano (Italian)
rimborsare, ripagare, ricompensare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - restituir

Русский (Russian)
расплатиться, выплатить, воздать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - devolver, reembolsar, compensar, recompensar
v. intr. - hacer una devolución o un reembolso

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - återbetala, vedergälla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
偿还, 付还, 还钱给, 报答, 报复

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 償還, 付還, 還錢給, 報答
v. intr. - 償還, 報復, 報答

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 갚다, 반제하다, 은혜를 갚다
v. intr. - 돈을 갚다, 보답하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 返す, 返金する, 報いる, お返しに行う, 払い戻す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدفع مرة اخرى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פרע, גמל, החזיר, שילם חובו‬
v. intr. - ‮שילם חובו‬

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