repay
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Figures from the 2025-26 financial year suggest that the amount borrowers owe when they first become eligible to repay has, on average, fallen compared to the year before.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
To repay his former employer and his creditors, he emptied his retirement account and sold his house, his car and the cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The author is angered by student loans, which take time and paperwork to repay and which she would replace with direct grants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Officials have asked the nonprofit to repay $82,800 to the county.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Over time, I repay the pawnbroker the amount the person gave me, with interest, and I can get my jewelry back.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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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
He says he repays his father $954.83 a month for the mortgage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 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
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
The star repaid fans for their support by taking 45 minutes to pose for selfies and autographs after his emotional medal ceremony.
From BBC ● 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
He’d built a bridge of privilege for me, a hand-paved trestle to the good life, and I repaid him by chopping it down and crapping on the wreckage.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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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
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
Parents who are already repaying loans will lose access to income-driven repayment plans.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
In some cases lenders were posing as legitimate loan firms, but when we started asking questions about what would happen if we were late repaying, we were told it "would add interest".
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
“I’m repaying you. You saved my life. Let’s call it even.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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