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repaying
[ri-pey] 
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repay
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back money or possession |
| Synonyms: | accord, award, balance, compensate, indemnify, make amends, make restitution, make up for, offset, pay back, pay dues, rebate, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, requite, restore, return, reward, settle up, square* |
| Antonyms: | deprive, extort, penalize, seize, steal, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retaliate |
| Synonyms: | chasten, chastise, come back at, even the score, get back at, get even, payback, punish, redress, repay, requite, retribute, revenge, stick it to, take satisfaction, take vengeance, venge, vindicate |
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make restitution |
| Synonyms: | atone, come down with, commit, guerdon, indemnify, make good, pay, pay up, plank out, pony up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out, take care of, tickle the palm |
| Antonyms: | deprive, fine, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | liquidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay; change into cash |
| Synonyms: | cash, cash in, cash out, clear, convert, discharge, exchange, honor, pay off, quit, realize, reimburse, repay, satisfy, sell off, sell up, settle, square |
| Antonyms: | invest, keep |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money for goods, services |
| Synonyms: | adjust, bear the cost, bear the expense, bequeath, bestow, chip in, clear, come through, compensate, confer, cough up, defray, dig up, disburse, discharge, extend, foot the bill, foot*, grant, hand over*, handle, honor, kick in, liquidate, make payment, meet, offer, plunk down, prepay, present, proffer, put up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, settle, stake, take care of |
| Antonyms: | earn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be advantageous |
| Synonyms: | be worthwhile, benefit, repay, serve |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get revenge |
| Synonyms: | avenge oneself, get even, make up for, pay back, pay one's dues, punish, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, settle a score, square, square things |
| Main Entry: | reciprocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, alternate; equal |
| Synonyms: | barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one's dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one's back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat, trade, vacillate |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse |
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back, make restitution |
| Synonyms: | ante up, atone, atone for, balance, comp, compensate, cough up, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, do business, equalize, expiate, fix, give satisfaction, grease, indemnify, make amends, make good, make up for, offset, overcompensate, pay, pay for, propitiate, put out, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, spring for, square*, sweeten the pot, swing for, take care of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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