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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 | ||
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