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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