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repay

[ri-pay] / rɪˈpeɪ /




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By paying off her debt in full early she has accrued less interest and hopes to repay her family in four years - saving about £20,000.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Whether Mountbatten-Windsor will repay his brother is said to be a private matter - and there are no further details of what this might say about Andrew's personal finances.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Under the amended lease, the Operator has agreed to repay $278,094 in back rent that was underbilled,” the report said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

It learns from the order and timing of a borrower’s transactions to predict their ability to repay debt, and the likelihood of delinquency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Although she worked a full-time job while in custody, most of her income went to repay the diversion program, not the underlying fine that put her in custody in the first place.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

While a higher interest rate does not affect the amount someone repays each month, it makes it harder to reduce the size of the loan, meaning the borrower could repay more over time.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

Though the diary entry concedes that Mansfield was “so intelligent & inscrutable that she repays friendship,” the two women wouldn’t become friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

The money is typically issued within three days, and the platform repays itself by withholding those wages from the user’s next paycheck.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025

On payday, the user repays the money out of their wages.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Independent drivers operating with thin cash reserves struggle to cover thousands of dollars in upfront fuel costs while waiting to be repaid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The propositions granted the state authority to issue a combined $8.5 billion in general obligation bonds — a loan that’s repaid with interest over time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

AlixPartners' said there were now "insufficient funds" for preferential creditors to be repaid.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Finding ways to reduce credit-card balances and reducing credit-card usage that can’t be repaid monthly are “going to be even more important now,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Betty Jean had kept my secret about going to the Gem, and I’d repaid her by almost getting her killed.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

If the nonprofit LA28 spends more than it takes in, Los Angeles will be responsible for repaying the first $270 million in debts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

He had been repaying each $1,000 invested with $1,500 just 90 days later, but only by taking more money from newcomers or, as a judge later puts it, “robbing Peter to pay Paul.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

But falling behind on repaying your debt doesn’t automatically mean that declaring bankruptcy is right for your household.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Freezing that threshold means graduates start repaying their loans sooner, or pay more as their salaries increase with inflation while the threshold remains the same.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

There were harvest expenses staring me in the face, along with trying to finish repaying Uncle Chester’s IOU.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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