pay back

See also: payback

§English

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɪ bæk/

§Verb

pay back (third-person singular simple present pays back, present participle paying back, simple past and past participle paid back)

1. (transitive) to pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay

   He paid her back with interest.

   He paid back all the money he owed her.

2. (figuratively) to exact revenge

   He paid them back for their conniving.

§Translations

to repay

• Finnish: maksaa takaisin (fi), palauttaa (fi), hyvittää (fi), maksaa (fi)
• French: rembourser (fr)
• German: zurückzahlen

• Jèrriais: s'atchitter
• Spanish: pagar (es)

to exact revenge

• Finnish: maksaa samalla mitalla, maksaa potut pottuina, palauttaa (fi)

• German: sich revanchieren (de)

§See also

• payback

§Anagrams

• backpay