REPAY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for REPAY?

Need another word that means the same as “repay”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “repay” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Repay” are: requite, give back, refund, return, come back, rejoin, retort, riposte, pay back, reward, reimburse, recompense, compensate, remunerate, square accounts with, settle up with, indemnify, pay off, reciprocate, be well worth

Repay as a Verb

Definitions of "Repay" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “repay” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions.
• Make repayment for or return something.
• Pay back (a loan.
• Pay back money borrowed from (someone.
• Be worth devoting time to (a specified action.
• Answer back.
• Do or give something as recompense for (a favour or kindness received.
• Pay back.

Synonyms of "Repay" as a verb (20 Words)

be well worth	Spend or use time.
come back	Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.
compensate	Make payment to compensate. They put on grandiose airs to compensate for their feelings of worthlessness.
give back	Be flexible under stress of physical force.
indemnify	Secure (someone) against legal liability for their actions. The company has taken out insurance to indemnify its directors against liability when acting for the group.
pay back	Discharge or settle.
pay off	Bring in.
reciprocate	Feel (affection or love) for someone in the same way that they feel it for oneself. The engine reciprocates the propeller.
recompense	Punish or reward (someone) for an action. He was recompensed for the wasted time.
refund	Pay back. I ll refund you for the apples and any other damage.
reimburse	Reimburse or compensate someone as for a loss. Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel.
rejoin	Return to (a companion, organization, or route that one has left. The soldiers were returning from leave to rejoin their unit.
remunerate	Make payment to; compensate. My efforts were not remunerated.
requite	Make appropriate return for (a favour, service, or wrongdoing. They are quick to requite a kindness.
retort	Say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner. It was now his time to retort the humiliation.
return	Return in kind. Return her love.
reward	Strengthen and support with rewards. The engineer who supervised the work was rewarded with the MBE.
riposte	Make a quick return thrust in fencing. You ve got a strange sense of honour Grant riposted.
settle up with	Form a community.
square accounts with	Turn the paddle; in canoeing.

Usage Examples of "Repay" as a verb

• Most of his fortune had been spent repaying creditors.
• The loans were to be repaid over a 20-year period.
• These sites would repay more detailed investigation.
• The manager has given me another chance and I'm desperate to repay that faith.

Associations of "Repay" (30 Words)

assignee	The party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred.
bankrupt	Reduce a person or organization to bankruptcy. The strike nearly bankrupted the union.
bankruptcy	A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent. Spiritual bankruptcy.
borrow	Get temporarily. He had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues.
compensation	The action or process of awarding compensation. The grey streets of London were small compensation for the loss of her beloved Africa.
creditor	A person or company to whom money is owing. He sold his Ferraris to pay off his creditors.
debt	A feeling of gratitude for a service or favour. A way to reduce Third World debt.
debtor	A person, country, or organization that owes money. Debtor countries.
fiduciary	Involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary. It is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain.
insolvency	The state of being insolvent. The club was facing insolvency.
insolvent	An insolvent person. An insolvent person.
liquidation	Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities. The company went into liquidation.
loan	A thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest. He knew Rab would not loan him money.
overpayment	The act of paying too much. A refund for overpayment of tax.
owe	Owe something especially money to. I still owe for the car.
payment	An act of requiting; returning in kind. Three interest free monthly payments.
payoff	The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.
rebate	Join with a rebate. The scheme eases the move to the council tax by giving rebates in the first year.
recompense	Make payment to; compensate. Offenders should recompense their victims.
refund	Pay back. I ll refund you for the apples and any other damage.
reimbursement	The action of repaying a person who has spent or lost money. The family received insurance reimbursements.
remunerate	Pay (someone) for services rendered or work done. My efforts were not remunerated.
remuneration	Money paid for work or a service. Adequate remuneration for his work.
reparation	Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong. The courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim.
repayment	Payment of a debt or obligation. Minimum monthly repayments.
requite	Return a favour to (someone. She did not requite his love.
restitution	Getting something back again. Upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing.
return	Return in kind. They set out on their return to the base camp.
reward	Strengthen and support with rewards. Their hard work was rewarded by the winning of a five year contract.
wages	A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing. The wages of sin is death.