| VERB | possession | give back, refund, return, repay | pay back |
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| Meaning | pay back. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | refund, return, repay | |
| Narrower | reimburse | pay back for some expense incurred |
| restore, restitute | Give or bring back | |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
| See also | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Spanish | devolver, reembolsar, regresar, reintegrar, volver a pagar | |
| Catalan | reemborsar, reintegrar, retornar, tornar | |
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