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repay

[ri-pey] / rɪˈpeɪ /




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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

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

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

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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