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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "repay"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to give back the money that was borrowed or owed
Transitive: to repay borrowed money
to repay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Friends often repay borrowed money promptly to maintain trust and good relationships.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to return money that was borrowed from someone or an institution
Transitive: to repay sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She repaid her brother for the emergency funds he lent her.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāχāϕ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰ⧀ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϧāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to return a similar action or gesture, often as a reciprocal act
Transitive: to repay sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She hoped to repay his visit with an equally enjoyable afternoon.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give back or return something in recognition of a favor or kindness that was received
Transitive: to repay a favor | to repay sb for a favor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He promised to repay the favor once he was in a better position to help.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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