repay

About 2.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb Synonym of pay back in all senses.

   I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.

2. verb To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.
3. verb To give in return; requite.
4. verb To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.

Similar words

requite pay back reward refund give back rejoin return come back retort riposte

Often followed by

the you a it their him them his me

Word family

repaid repayable repaying repayment repayments repays