English verb: repay | |||
1. | repay (possession) pay back | ||
Samples | Please refund me my money. | ||
Examples | They repay the money to them , They repay them the money | ||
Synonyms | give back, refund, return | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pay | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | reimburse, restitute, restore | ||
2. | repay (possession) make repayment for or return something | ||
Synonyms | requite | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | pay | ||
3. | repay (possession) act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions | ||
Synonyms | pay back, reward | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
4. | repay (communication) answer back | ||
Synonyms | come back, rejoin, retort, return, riposte | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | answer, reply, respond | ||