| VERB | possession | repay, refund, return, give back | pay back |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | repay, requite | make repayment / repayment for or return something | |
| possession | repay, reward, pay back | act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions | |
| communication | repay, retort, come back, return, riposte, rejoin | answer back |
| Sounds | riypey' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | overpay ... underpay: 9 rhymes with pey... | |
| Meaning | pay back. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Model | They repay the money to them; They repay them the money | |
| Synonyms | refund, return, give back | |
| 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 |
| Spanish | devolver, reembolsar, regresar, reintegrar, volver a pagar | |
| Catalan | reemborsar, reintegrar, retornar, tornar | |
| Nouns | repayment | the act of returning money received previously |
| repayment | payment of a debt or obligation | |
| Meaning | make repayment / repayment for or return something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | requite | |
| Narrower | pay | make a compensation for |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Spanish | compensar, devolver, pagar, reembolsar | |
| Catalan | compensar, pagar, reemborsar, reembossar, rescabalar, retornar, tornar | |
| Nouns | repayment | the act of returning money received previously |
| repayment | payment of a debt or obligation | |
| Meaning | Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Synonyms | reward, pay back | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | premiar, recompensar | |
| Catalan | premiar, recompensar | |
| Meaning | answer back. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | retort, come back, return, riposte, rejoin | |
| Broader | answer, reply, respond | React verbally |
| Spanish | replicar | |
| Catalan | replicar | |
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