Category:Repay

Re*pay" (r-p"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaid (-pd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repaying.] Etym: [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.