repay
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Andrea feels deep shame when she thinks about the loan she took out a year ago in Buenos Aires that she is now unable to repay.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Montreal-based Air Canada, the nation’s largest airline, said the proceeds would help repay an upcoming billion-dollar bond maturity and reduce debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The change would result in students starting to repay their loans sooner than they would otherwise have done, and their rising salaries leading to greater repayments.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The junk spread rises along with the risk of recession, when issuers of high-yield bonds become less likely to be able to repay, and it falls when the risk of an economic downturn is lower.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“And think about what trouble you’ve caused. I feed you and house you and you repay me by running off without a thought for your duties.”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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He says he repays his father $954.83 a month for the mortgage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
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
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
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If the bonus is repaid after it has already been included in taxable wages, the tax consequences can be more complicated.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
He repaid the charges after a formal investigation, according to a 2006 article in the Inner-West Weekly, an Australian newspaper.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
By 2014, the program as a whole actually had made money for taxpayers, as the losses were outweighed by repaid loans from companies that had found success.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
But they are packaged into different tranches in order of who will get repaid first if the money dries up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
You shouldn’t donate to charity, help the elderly cross the street, or rescue puppies in the hopes you’ll be repaid later.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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Music has given me so much that this album is my way of repaying music for all the blessings it’s given me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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
"The public debate tends to focus on total hypothetical debt accrued, as opposed to what students actually end up repaying," the university said.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
First Brands, which collapsed into bankruptcy last September, has struggled for months to find a path toward repaying creditors and emerging from chapter 11.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 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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