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To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He paid her back with interest, giving her ₿3 and an NFT for the $6 he'd borrowed last week.
- He paid back all the money he owed her, with interest.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To avenge, to exact revenge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- He paid her back with interest, avenging his father's murder with nine degrees of reprisal.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
take vengeance on or get even
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We'll get them!
- That'll fix him good!
- This time I got him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pay off, get, fix
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get even, get back
act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reward, repay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, move
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
جَازَى
(jāzā)
— to repay
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Armenian:
վճարել
(včarel)
— to repay
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Armenian:
մարել
(marel)
— to repay
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Central Bikol:
balos
— to repay
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Bulgarian:
връщам пари
(vrǎštam pari)
— to repay
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Bulgarian:
разплащам се
(razplaštam se)
— to repay
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Chinese Mandarin:
賠 /赔
(péi)
— to repay
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Chinese Mandarin:
報償 /报偿
(bàocháng)
— to repay
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Chinese Mandarin:
償 /偿
(cháng)
— to repay
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Chinese Mandarin:
償還 /偿还
(chánghuán)
— to repay
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Danish:
tilbagebetale
— to repay
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Dutch:
terugbetalen
— to repay
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Esperanto:
repagi
— to repay
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Finnish:
maksaa takaisin
— to repay
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Finnish:
palauttaa
— to repay
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Finnish:
hyvittää
— to repay
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Finnish:
maksaa
— to repay
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French:
rembourser
— to repay
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French:
rendre
— to repay
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German:
zurückzahlen
— to repay
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Greek:
εξοφλώ
(exofló)
— to repay
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Ancient Greek:
ἀποτίνω
(apotínō)
— to repay
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Icelandic:
endurgjalda
— to repay
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Irish:
aisíoc
— to repay
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Italian:
ripagare
— to repay
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Italian:
restituire
— to repay
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Japanese:
払い戻す
(haraimodosu)
— to repay
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Korean:
갚다
(gapda)
— to repay
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Latin:
rependō
— to repay
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Western Bukidnon Manobo:
bales
— to repay
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Māori:
whakautu
— to repay
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Māori:
whakautu moni
— to repay
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Norman:
s'atchitter
— to repay
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Old English:
ġieldan
— to repay
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Old English:
forġieldan
— to repay
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Polish:
spłacać
— to repay
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Polish:
spłacić
— to repay
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Portuguese:
devolver
— to repay
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Quechua:
hunt'apuy
— to repay
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Russian:
отплатить
(otplatitʹ)
— to repay
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Russian:
расплатиться
(rasplatitʹsja)
— to repay
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Scots:
foryeild
— to repay
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Scottish Gaelic:
ath-dhìol
— to repay
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Spanish:
devolver
— to repay
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Swahili:
kulipa
— to repay
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Swedish:
betala tillbaka
— to repay
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Swedish:
betala tillbaks
— to repay
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Swedish:
betala bak
— to repay
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Vietnamese:
trả
— to repay
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Central Bikol:
balos
— to exact revenge
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Chinese Mandarin:
復仇 /复仇
(fùchóu)
— to exact revenge
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Finnish:
maksaa samalla mitalla
— to exact revenge
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Finnish:
maksaa potut pottuina
— to exact revenge
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Finnish:
palauttaa
— to exact revenge
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French:
rendre la pareille
— to exact revenge
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German:
sich revanchieren
— to exact revenge
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German:
heimzahlen
— to exact revenge
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German:
sich rächen
— to exact revenge
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German:
vergelten
— to exact revenge
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Ancient Greek:
ἀποτίνω
(apotínō)
— to exact revenge
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Latin:
rependō
— to exact revenge
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Polish:
odpłacać się
— to exact revenge
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Polish:
odpłacić się
— to exact revenge
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Portuguese:
retribuir
— to exact revenge
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Russian:
отплатить
(otplatitʹ)
— to exact revenge
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Spanish:
hacer pagar
— to exact revenge
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Spanish:
vengarse
— to exact revenge
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Spanish:
desquitarse
— to exact revenge
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Swedish:
hämnas
— to exact revenge
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Swedish:
ge igen
— to exact revenge
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Swedish:
ge betalt för gammal ost
— to exact revenge
