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repay

[ri-pey] / rɪˈpeɪ /




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Johnson said in March he would repay the $500,000 GST.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

An aging population and chronic economic anemia raise questions about whether Tokyo ever will repay the debt, a worry that all else being equal suppresses demand for Japanese assets and thus the yen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Stocks his firm bought with borrowed money sustained heavy losses in a broader AI selloff, forcing him to cut positions and raise cash to repay its lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Cloth is also accused of engaging in a Ponzi scheme by using the acquired investor funds to repay prior investors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

“Anything for you. We will never repay you for what you did for us. But we’ll try.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

She repays about £150 a month and said it feels like "a constant burden that is always hanging over your head".

From BBC Jul. 8, 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

The loans are “revolving,” which means that when a borrower repays the loan, the money can be loaned again to a new borrower.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2023

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

At Carnival, CFO David Bernstein made a commitment to investors: He wouldn’t leave until the company repaid its pandemic-era debt.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

It is unclear whether it will have to be repaid.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Medicare will calculate the amount that must be repaid.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 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

"This is getting us nowhere, Mr. McSouthers. Just write: Westing connection: Education financed by Sam Westing. Debt never repaid."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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

"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

Borrowers forfeit their collateral in 35% to 45% of transactions with Ezcorp’s stores for not repaying the loan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Parents who are already repaying loans will lose access to income-driven repayment plans.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 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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