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adjective

as in liquidated

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verb

past tense of repay
1
as in reimbursed
to make a return payment to I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me

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2
as in reciprocated
to make a return for how can we ever repay your kindness?

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Recent Examples of repaid
Verb
When those loans expired, with no money repaid, the facade finally gave way. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Spell out whether the money is a gift that may offset a future inheritance, or a loan that will be repaid. — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 Once the new loan enters repayment, all of their federal loans must be repaid under one of the two new plans, Austin said. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 30 June 2026 The 20-year bonds would be repaid early, the commission hopes, when the 300-acre site on the city’s north side sells. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 The youngster repaid that faith with a display full ⁠of confidence and intelligence. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 3 July 2026 If the measure passes the Legislature, and is approved by voters, the state will raise funds by selling bonds to investors who will be repaid with interest. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026 Getty Images Key Facts Last year’s spending bill imposed a number of changes on how student loans are capped, regulated and repaid, including establishing new repayment plans and caps on loans. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Matheus Cunha — Brazil/Manchester United (new entry) Favoured over Igor Thiago as Brazil’s No 9 against Haiti, Cunha repaid manager Carlo Ancelotti’s faith with a poacher’s effort and a left-footed smash into the top corner. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
  1. cleared
  2. reimbursed
  3. reciprocated
  4. paid
  5. exchanged
  6. satisfied
  7. compensated
  8. requited
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
Definition of cleared
Verb
  • The city issues funding in the form of bonds, which is then reimbursed by new property tax revenue collected in the area in future years.
    — Ilana Arougheti July 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Child-care advocates are supporting new legislation, Assembly Bill 1981, to lock in a timeline that would allow providers to be reimbursed for their services at increasing rates.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of reimbursed
Verb
  • Trump reciprocated by making Macron the guest of honor the following year at his first White House state dinner, the highest diplomatic honor the United States can extend to an ally.
    — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Underneath the surface, trust is more easily built, care is more easily reciprocated, and expectations are more clearly communicated.
    — Kyle Smitley, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of reciprocated
Verb
  • Pimentel’s analysis does factor in gratuities which are paid to roles that support guest services, such as cabin stewards, waiters in the dining room and others.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Small businesses often struggle with diverse operational demands like bookkeeping, payroll and marketing, lacking resources and economies of scale for in-house specialists or paid third party services.
    — Rob Falzon, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of paid
Verb
  • Iran’s leadership has railed against the United States after the two countries exchanged a second night of strikes on Thursday local time.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • Swift and Kelce exchanged lengthy vows in front of over 1,000 guests, including Swift’s longtime friend, actress and singer Suki Waterhouse.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 7 July 2026
Definition of exchanged
Verb
  • The deal would not have satisfied Cuba's spiraling energy needs.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • One of the daily specials, a creamy risotto accented with a bold red pepper puree and blackened shrimp, caught my eye and satisfied my cravings for something comforting.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
Definition of satisfied
Verb
  • Ensuring that authors were compensated for their intellectual and creative efforts was intended to incentivize production of further works, which in turn would benefit wider society.
    — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
  • These essential workers will be compensated for their time on the clock while other government employees enjoy the extra long holiday.
    — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
Definition of compensated
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
Definition of requited

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