There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
REPAID
REPAY
retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
(verb) answer back
refund, return, repay, give back
(verb) pay back; “Please refund me my money”
requite, repay
(verb) make repayment for or return something
reward, repay, pay back
(verb) act or give recompense in recognition of someone’s behavior or actions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
repaid
simple past tense and past participle of repay
Anagrams
• Piedra, aperid, diaper, paired, pardie, piedra
Source: Wiktionary
Re*paid" (r-pd"),
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Repay.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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