Dictionary entry

Repay

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐pay″ (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.