repay
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French repaier (“to pay back”) (compare French repayer (“to pay again”)).
Pronunciation
Verb
repay (third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repaid)
- To pay back.
- I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.
Translations
pay back — see pay back