repaid 1 of 2

repaid

2 of 2

verb

past tense of repay

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of repaid
Verb
Navarrete’s parents repaid other family members for debts their son owed. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026 The financing model, small loans repaid over two to three years through a microfinance network, was borrowed from agricultural lending. — Yariv Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026 Several bonds previously sold for other projects have already been repaid or are nearing repayment, easing the village’s village’s debt obligations, Mason said. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026 The borrowing behind the payout was not fully repaid until 2015. — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026 The bonds would be repaid through borrowers' mortgage payments. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 The insurance company covering the promotion must have had a fright because there were 381 purchases worth more than $450,000 that had to be repaid, as The Star reported at the time. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026 Because the full balance is repaid with interest, the total paid exceeds the amount owed today, even though fees are far lower than those for settlement. — Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 When inflation remains elevated, investors generally demand higher yields on long-term bonds to compensate for the declining purchasing power of the money they'll eventually be repaid. — Mike Winters, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
Adjective
  • Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.
    — Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
  • What counts as a cleared sidewalk?
    — Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Then, you'd be reimbursed for up to $5,000 per year of eligible expenses.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Families are reimbursed for the cost of 15 hours of preschool per week, which amounts to more than $6,000 per year.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In classic diplomacy, protocol giveaways are supposed to be reciprocated by substantive concessions.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Mullally reciprocated, but, in her signature dry humor, proceeded to kick him out of her car.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Of course, nobody would have to pay that directly, but it would all be paid for by future debt on the backs of our children.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Michael paid for a thirty-day treatment at a top facility in Florida.
    — New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The two exchanged words and shoves as other players from both teams got involved.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • When a consumer chooses to control the TV through a voice service such as Amazon Alexa, data is exchanged between the TV, TCL’s cloud, and Amazon so the service can function.
    — John Higgins, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • That fact may have satisfied the question of whether the two natural wingers could have a productive season side-by-side, but looking closely at the numbers tells a different story.
    — Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • This fall’s cases show what happens when those systems misfire in the middle of an election, and why Meta’s explanations have satisfied few affected people.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Disa tells them they’ll be compensated, but the Rings, already hidden, will soon be destroyed.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026
  • With these collaborations, estates and relevant parties are always compensated.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • But after years of wooing Silicon Valley, the Defense Department’s interest became requited, with companies like Amazon seeing opportunities to replace the government’s hodge-podge data centers with cloud computing, for which the Pentagon was offering a $10 billion contract prize in 2019.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Repaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaid. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!