noun
Meaning 1
The act of repaying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
repayment
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Sound
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noun
Meaning 2
The money or other item that is repaid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act of revenge, an act of revenge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of returning money received previously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: refund
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: payment, defrayal, defrayment
noun
Meaning 5
payment of a debt or obligation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quittance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: payment
Narrower terms: redemption
History
Etymology
From repay + -ment, also equivalent to re- + payment.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изплащане (izplaštane) — act
- Finnish: maksaminen — act
- Finnish: korvaaminen — act
- Finnish: takaisinmaksu — act
- Irish: aisíocaíocht — act
- Irish: aisíoc — act
- Māori: whakautunga — act
- Māori: whakautunga moni — act
- Russian: вы́плата (výplata) — act
- Spanish: repago — act
- Spanish: repagamento — act
- Welsh: ad-dalu — act
- Welsh: ad-daliad — act
- Bulgarian: върната сума (vǎrnata suma) — that which is repaid
- Finnish: maksu — that which is repaid
- Finnish: korvaus — that which is repaid
- Irish: aisíocaíocht — that which is repaid
- Irish: aisíoc — that which is repaid
- Māori: whakautunga — that which is repaid
- Māori: whakautunga moni — that which is repaid
- Polish: spłata — that which is repaid
- Spanish: repago — that which is repaid
- Welsh: ad-daliad — that which is repaid