repaying

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repaying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Repay \Re*pay"\ (r?-p?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaid (-p?d");
     p. pr. & vb. n. Repaying.] [Pref. re- + pay: cf. F.
     repayer.]
     1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or
        advanced.
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              If you repay me not on such a day,
              In such a place, such sum or sums.    --Shak.
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     2. To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a
        good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an
        injury.
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              Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not
              commonly found to increase affection. --Rambler.
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     3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.
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     Syn: To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate;
          remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.
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