repay

repay is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.
2. transitive verb. To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.
3. transitive verb. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.
4. verb. answer back

   Synonyms: rejoin, retort, return, riposte

5. verb. pay back

   "Please refund me my money"

   Synonyms: refund, return

6. verb. make repayment for or return something

   Synonyms: requite

7. verb. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

   Synonyms: reward

Synonyms

rejoin, retort, return, riposte, refund, requite, reward

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in repay:

apery, payer, peary

Common word forms

repays, repayal, repayed, repaying, repayable, repayment

Words from these letters

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