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repay

[ri-pey] / rɪˈpeɪ /




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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

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

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

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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