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Repay

🔄 Synonyms of "Repay"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
ripostenoun	(figurative) A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
retortnoun	A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
returnnoun	(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
requiteverb	(transitive) To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
rewardnoun	Something of value given in return for an act.
come backverb	(intransitive) To return to a place.
rejoinverb	To join again; to unite after separation.
pay backverb	(transitive) To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
give backverb	(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.
refundnoun	(transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Repay"

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Word	Definition
requiteverb	(transitive) To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
pay backverb	(transitive) To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
rewardverb	Something of value given in return for an act.
refundverb	(transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
give backverb	(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.
rejoinverb	To join again; to unite after separation.
returnverb	(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
come backverb	(intransitive) To return to a place.
retortverb	To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
riposteverb	(fencing) To attempt to hit an opponent after parrying an attack.
compensateverb	To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
reimburseverb	To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
defrayverb	To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
rebateverb	(transitive) To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
remitverb	(transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
redeemverb	(transitive) To save, rescue.
liquidateverb	(transitive) (figurative) To settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations, by determining liabilities, using assets to pay debts, and apportioning the remaining assets if any; to wind up.
paymentnoun	(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
payverb	(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
affordverb	To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.