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as in reimburses
to make a return payment to
I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me
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as in pays
to make a return for
how can we ever repay your kindness?
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Recent Examples of repays
The bond also has a maturity date, which is when the issuer repays the principal.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
The Creature repays the favor by using his strength to free the ship from its icy prison.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
The city repays the bondholders over time, plus interest, using property taxes.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images What To Know The program repays up to $20,000 in student loan debt over four years, according to HESAA.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
The Creature repays the favor by using his strength to free the ship from its icy prison.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
The city repays the bondholders over time, plus interest, using property taxes.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images What To Know The program repays up to $20,000 in student loan debt over four years, according to HESAA.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repays
Verb
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Medicare reimburses providers for the use of skin substitutes for wound care.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The policy reimburses tuition, fees and books for up to $20,000 per year for active players (and $5,000 for practice squad players).—
Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Wells pays someone to mow her lawn.—
David A. Lieb,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The state’s Next Level Jobs program pays the tuition for students to take classes for high-demand jobs, Dulin said.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The seagrass reciprocates with sugars.—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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She’s known to be loving, helpful and accepting and is hoping for a family that reciprocates these qualities.—
The Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dorian Gray, the Victorian era’s proto-Clavicular, literally exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty—a move that the looksmaxxing community would seem to endorse wholeheartedly.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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Director Gay has sculpted a staging that is faithful to a more leisurely 19th-century storytelling style, yet satisfies modern audiences’ constant craving for stimulation.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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And Central Florida’s Lawrence satisfies Niners’ desire for speed and explosiveness to complement Nick Bosa.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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His payment of $74,330 will go into the Lacey Act Reward Fund, which compensates tipsters who report wildlife crimes, federal authorities said.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Concerns over potential Russian retaliation and legal challenges led them to keep the assets frozen until Moscow ends its war and compensates Ukraine for the destruction caused.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Repays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repays. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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