repayer

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English

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Etymology

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From repay +‎ -er.

Noun

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repayer (plural repayers)

  1. One who repays.
    • 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow:
      But take my hand. We shall go softly, never fear. I owe you a life; I am a good repayer, Jack, of good or evil.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ payer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɛ.je/ ~ /ʁə.pe.je/
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Verb

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repayer

  1. to pay again

Conjugation

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This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

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