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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
Once the buildings are complete, the homebuilder repays the loan with interest, and the state can recycle the funds to support more housing projects without additional public investment.
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Anthony Tordillos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
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.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
The city repays the bondholders over time, plus interest, using property taxes.
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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.
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Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Anthony Tordillos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
The bond also has a maturity date, which is when the issuer repays the principal.
—
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
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The district reimburses the city for 70% of the officers' salaries, benefits, equipment, vehicles, uniforms and specialized training, as well as one hour of overtime per officer each day.
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Tandem pays them within 24 hours and then the school reimburses the company, plus a 35% fee.
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The separation agreement pays Molinar a year of her salary plus other benefits, Geren said.
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Who benefits and who pays for AI progress is a legitimate debate.
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Over the course of the season, Chantal grows frustrated with her needy fiancé and begins falling for Jordie, who has harbored feelings for Delilah for years, but seemingly moves on and reciprocates Chantal’s affections.
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The seagrass reciprocates with sugars.
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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.
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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.
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That agreement should spell out the settlement amount, the payment deadline and provide explicit confirmation that the payment satisfies the debt in full.
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By letting companies digitally tag and incorporate this general repository by reference, the SEC satisfies their legal cautionary obligations.
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The software continuously compensates for momentum, helping maintain accurate positioning during movement, according to its website.
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There is no meaningful amount of last-minute effort that compensates for months of unfocused or incomplete readiness.
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“Repays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repays. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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