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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
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The loan to Sierra Nevada Biochar LLC will carry a 10% annual interest rate and must be repaid over five years, according to county officials. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 As post-Covid debts mature, a record share of poor countries net-repaid the IMF in 2026 – a drain set to widen by 2030. — Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 Some women even took out personal loans after Love promised they would quickly be repaid, the affidavit says. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Almost all those loans have been repaid, cycled through, but 12 basis points. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Debts incurred during a season with high energy costs will have to be repaid later, with interest and fees leaving less money available for the next bill or family emergency. — Sanya Carley, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 The suit also claims UCLA violated its federal grant terms and asks for the funds to be repaid. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 But detectives later discovered that McVay never hired the attorney the victim requested and that McVay repaid herself for the attorney’s retainer, police allege in the statement. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026 And that's a real risk with a home equity loan, as the funds will be distributed in a lump sum upfront – and expected to be repaid immediately. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 16 Sep. 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
  • Guidelines can accelerate access or stall it In practice, clinical guidelines determine what gets ordered, covered, and reimbursed.
    — Karen E. Knudsen, STAT, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Back when the development agreement was signed in 2015, the deal was that Hollywood Park — interchangeable here with Kroenke’s companies — would pay up front for all the improvements around SoFi Stadium and eventually be reimbursed by the city.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of reimbursed
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
Definition of reciprocated
Verb
  • Teachers are better paid and more people are working in Nevada than ever before.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Queen, meanwhile, paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in the Girls of Britain and Ireland Tiara, arguably the most famous piece in the late monarch's collection.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of paid
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  • One operated during September and October 2025, while another contained messages exchanged later that year.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Depending on the program, the points might also be transferred or exchanged for other rewards.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchanged
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  • Some have questioned whether the 76ers can keep all of their stars satisfied this season, but Embiid believes the team can succeed without forcing its stars to make major sacrifices or drastically alter their playing styles.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Snapping open and shut the phone satisfied some deep, restless urge, and the same was true for the rotational flourish of the wrist involved in opening and closing the knife.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of satisfied
Verb
  • Restitution for the victims has yet to be decided, but the government has argued that they should be compensated for years of therapy, loss of income, and other related losses.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Women are more likely to live in poverty, are less likely to be compensated fairly, are more likely to be single parents.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Oct. 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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