repayn.
/rᵻˈpeɪ/, /(ˌ)riːˈpeɪ/, U.S. /riˈpeɪ/, /rəˈpeɪ/ Now rare.
= repayment n.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] > requital or repayment
payment1389
acquitment1431
acquittala1475
quittal1474
requital1556
repayment1561
requite1561
quittancea1593
repay1753
requit1786
repayal1829
1579 R. Day in tr. J. Foxe Christ Iesus Triumphant Ep. Ded. sig. A.iiv For, to say the truth Benefites whiche are liberall for the gift, and gratefull for the repay, are in that respect sayd too be great or litle, as the affection of the hart is great or litle.
1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex 1 Accept..my willing indeuor, vntill time afforde ablenes to make better repay.
1753 E. Young Brothers i. i They measure blood by drops And bail not one in the repay.
1807 R. Tannahill Soldier's Return 35 He wha deals in scandal only gains, A rich repay of scandal, for his pains.
1832 J. Wolff Let. 3 Aug. in Morning Watch (1833) 7 222 Mr. Campbel..to draw on the said sum, and forward the money to Mr. Frere, as a repay of the bills which I have drawn.
1921 Naval Appropriation Bill 1922 (U.S. House of Representatives 66th Congr., 3rd Sess.) 403 The support of these naval hospitals comes from..a repay of 68 cents, under rations, made to the naval hospital fund.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
repayv.1
/rᵻˈpeɪ/, /(ˌ)riːˈpeɪ/, U.S. /riˈpeɪ/, /rəˈpeɪ/ 1. † b. transitive. To give in return or recompense. Also with for. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To pay back (money, or its equivalent); to refund, return (a sum or amount owed); to give money or goods in discharge of (a debt or loan). Also in figurative context.Also with the recipient as indirect object.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > owe [verb (transitive)] > repay debt
repay1439
to pay back1598
quata1600
1439 in Archaeologia (1827) 21 35 (MED) The whiche vij m markes shal wel & truly be repayed unto ye seid Cardynal..at ye feste of Estre.
1462–3 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 398 (MED) John Blaunche and John Kyppyng schall repaye the seyd iij li. to the Wardeynes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 686/1 What so ever you lay out it shalbe repayed you.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxxiiij They require him to repaie the kinge of England his money.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 280 No meede but he repayes Seuen-fold aboue it selfe. View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 401 At the end of the War, whatever was disbursed, should be repaid.
1747 G. G. Beekman Let. 7 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 15 Youl be so good and give your self the Troubel to receive the small Sum that is to be repaid by the Insu(re)rs, Agreable to your advice.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 364 Human life Is but a loan to be repaid with use.
1798 M. Bacon New Abridgm. Law (ed. 5) V. 104 It was agreed that if A. repaid 1000l. &c. borrowed of B.,..then B. should re-convey to him.
1835 W. Wordsworth Yarrow Revisited 149 Your scaly panoplies repay The loan with usury.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 18 Money can be repaid; Not kindness such as yours.
1885 Leeds Mercury 20 Feb. 2/4 Jarvis repaid the sum of £145 or £150,..and there remained due to Mr. Kirkwood a sum amounting to about £176.
1932 Econ. Jrnl. 42 588 A farmer who borrowed sufficiently in 1925 to produce a sack of wheat, would have to sell in 1932 three sacks..to repay the debt.
1972 E. Longford Wellington III. xix. 280 Everyone thought he was made of money and no one thought of repaying a loan.
2003 D. L. Scott Wall St. Words (ed. 3) 1 AAA..indicates an unusually strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > do (something) in requital
recompense1526
requitea1547
repay1553
1553 tr. Short Catech. f. lxii Suffer not thy selfe so to be seduced by any other mans offence, as to repay euel for euel, but rather ouercome euell with good.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Ecclus. xii. 6 The moste High..will repay vengeance vnto the vngodlie.
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xiii. 21 Euill pursueth sinners: but to the righteous, good shall be repayd . View more context for this quotation
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xvii. 38 Come, for my Brother's Blood repay thy own.
1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 78 What though thou with all thy dead Scarce can for this fame repay Aught thine own.
c. transitive. To give or send (a blow) in return; to respond to or return (a visit, greeting, etc.) by a similar courtesy, compliment, etc.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > repay (something) with the like
retort?1567
countervail1583
repay?1586
return1587
rebite1594
regratulate1615
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > correlate [verb (transitive)] > reciprocate
countervail1583
repay?1586
equalize1598
respond1600
equal1697
mutualize1812
?1586 R. P. tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Third Pt. First Bk. Mirrour of Knighthood xxxi. f. 149v He esteemed in nothing their mightie blows, but repaied them with others of so great strength.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. iii. 3 Strokes receiude, and manie blowes repaide, Hath robd my strong knit sinnews of their strength.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 233 According to the Custom of Repaying the Visits of a Person of Quality.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub viii. 156 A huge terrible Monster..waged eternal Battel with all their Divinities, dextrously turning to avoid their Blows, and repay them with Interest.
1786 H. Cowley School for Greybeards v. 59 Oh, what a beetle, what a bat, I have been! but I'll repay your jest with interest.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. v. 211 He..received and repaid the salutations of the patriarchs.
1838 Lady's Bk. Dec. 267/1 He appeared to have..imbibed a spirit of kindness, which led him to emulate their respectful attentions, and repay their friendly greetings.
1885 J. C. Ridpath Cycl. Universal Hist. II. i. 143/1 He struck the bloody face a terrible blow, as if to repay the stroke which he had himself received from Obeidallah.
1949 Contract Bridge Jrnl. Feb. 5/2 On the very next hand the Scots repaid the compliment; at this stage they were going great guns.
1976 Toronto Star 24 Dec. d1/2 Cheap shots against [the company] now are repaid.
1997 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. 1 A group of French students came to visit earlier this year, and their American hosts repaid the visit over the summer.
d. transitive. To avenge (a wrong done) in kind. Usually with on, upon. Now rare.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > inflict (retributive punishment) [verb (transitive)] > for an offence or on an offender > on a person
wreakc888
visita1382
repay1614
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > execute (vengeance) [verb (transitive)] > avenge (an injury or injured person) > on a person
wreakOE
avenge1377
visita1382
repay1614
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World Index Cassander,... His cruelty repayed on his owne house.
1658 J. Durham Comm. Bk. Revelation 687 She is found justly guilty of all (upon the reasons given before) and it is now repayed on her, though others will not be freed of the judgement.
1753 E. Young Brothers i. i Now her eyes repay Her brother's wounds on Philip's rival sons.
1900 H. Sutcliffe Shameless Wayne xxv. 318 The feud..was a heritage which he must bear as best he could, passing it on when his turn came to die. Each buried legend of his house, each musty tale of wrongs suffered and repaid, came back to mind.
2.
a. transitive. To give (a creditor) money owed; to pay back.
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society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] > pay a creditor
satisfy1426
repaya1530
dischargea1560
clear1609
to meet with1854
straighten1946
a1530 T. Lupset tr. St. J. Chrysostom Serm. (1542) sig. C.ii Afeerward the same person turned hym to one of his own seruantes, that ought a very small thyng, and punyshed without mercy his said seruant and detter, nat beinge able to repaye hym.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 147 If you repay me not on such a day in such a place, such summe or summes as are exprest in the condition. View more context for this quotation
1616 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainem. (new ed.) i. 62 When the Lord my Fathers Audit comes, wee'l repay you againe.
1712 J. Gardiner Pract. Expos. Beatitudes v. 131 What good does the Possession and Confinement of a Debtor's body, who is in such Circumstances that his Creditor cannot be repaid?
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. x. 95 ‘I have saved a little money out of my wages, but that won't carry us such a long journey.’ ‘Regard not that,’ said Adeline, ‘if I was once beyond this forest, I would then endeavour to take care of myself, and repay you for your kindness.’
1811 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 344 I will repay you and ante-pay you in the middle of next week.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 June 5 I paid for the horse, he repaying me afterwards, and also paying half the training expenses.
1935 G. Greene Eng. made Me iii. 100 Doubtless I sent you the money, but I wonder whether you ever repaid me.
1988 G. Boddy Katherine Mansfield i. 75 He would send her £20 if she would repay him on publication of her forthcoming books.
2000 D. Forrester in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 735/2 In the NT there is encouragement of lending without expecting to be repaid (Luke 6: 34–5).
b. transitive. figurative. To give (a person) what is due or deserved, as a reward for service, kindness, effort, etc., or as retribution for a wrong done; to pay back. Also with by, with.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person)
foryield971
to quit or yield (one) his whilec1175
acquitc1300
quitc1330
restore?a1400
refound1438
requite1530
regrate?c1550
repay1557
redub1558
quittance1590
to meet witha1593
to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot1598
meeta1625
retaliate1629
reimburse1644
compensate1804
to even up on1879
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) > an action
yieldOE
acquitc1330
requitec1440
recompensea1450
paya1500
quitc1515
requit1532
reacquite1534
repay1557
quittance1590
retribute1612
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. I.iii I was content thy seruant to remain: And, not to be repayd after this fashion.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A8v Let me now you pray,..Ye will me now with like good turne repay . View more context for this quotation
1679 Established Test 21 They will..repay them with the..most incompassionate Cruelty.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 82 We should be amply repayed for all our past sufferings.
1759 T. Wilkes Gen. View Stage iv. iii. 271 [He] reminds Jaffeir..of his falsehood, of the services he had done him, and the perfidy wherewith he repaid him.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. ii. 10 He..was repaid as such by a pretty general dislike.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 17 When Enoch comes again Why then he shall repay me.
1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 171 He hopes..to strike it very rich, as soon as he comes to the..lode or vein which is to repay him for all his labors.
1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet ii. 45 They thought of me doing Number Thirteen, and I repaid them by cursing them and swiping Tosh's last cigarette... Her last. What a cad I am.
1948 M. Irwin Elizabeth, Captive Princess xxvi. 222 Mary was ill with thinking. She had shown mercy beyond reason, and her people had repaid her with black ingratitude.
2006 G. Malkani Londonstani xi. 116 I put my reputation on the line with the local beat officers, and you repay me by trying to steal my mobile from right under my nose.
3. intransitive. To make repayment or return; to bring reward or recompense.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > make a return [verb (intransitive)] > make requital
recompense?a1439
repay1530
retribute1622
1530 G. Joye tr. M. Bucer Psalter of Dauid sig. h.3v The vngodly shall borowe & blowe togither other menis goodes and never repaye: but the rightwise shall do mercy & geve forth graciously.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Rom. xii. 19 Vengeance is mine: I wil repaye, saith the Lord.
1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. iv. 31 Let not thine hand bee stretched out to receiue, and shut when thou shouldest repay . View more context for this quotation
1767 W. Harte Amaranth 8 One omer sown, one hundred-fold repays.
1793 tr. A. R. J. Turgot Refl. Formation & Distrib. Wealth §12. 14 If by any new accident, or by a continuation of his negligence, he finds himself not in a condition to repay, he is obliged to have recourse to new loans.
1865 J. R. Lowell Ode at Harvard Commem. viii 'Tis not the grapes of Canaan that repay, But the high faith that failed not by the way.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Aug. 2/1 ‘Cox's orange pippin’ and ‘Blenheim orange’, are certain to repay liberally for careful cultivation.
1919 L. Porter & A. Sullivan in F. G. Vogel World War I Songs (1995) III. 316/1 They were glad to fight for us both night and day, Show them that you're willing to repay.
1947 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 2/2 Chinese bonds were marked up on the Chinese Premier's pledge to repay when possible.
2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 May (Central ed.) c5/2 The lending is extended with the hope that a company won't be able to repay and the hedge fund then goes from being creditor to being owner.
4.
a. transitive. To make appropriate return or repayment for (an action or service of any kind). Frequently with by, with.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > thank [verb (transitive)] > make grateful return for
yield971
apay1484
thanka1500
repay1587
retaliate1611
retally1639
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > do or give in return
retribute?1570
return1584
repay1587
rebite1594
retort1637
retally1639
reciprocate1649
1587 T. Hughes Certaine Deuises ii. ii. 15 Thinke not that impious crimes can prosper long, A time they scape, in time they be repaide.
1611 Bible (King James) Job xxi. 31 Who shall repay him what he hath done? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 45 The poorest seruice is repaide with thankes. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 178 Spite then with spite is best repaid . View more context for this quotation
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 11 Haply too some pilgrim, thither led, With many a tale repays the nightly bed.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 12 Ellena..repaid the fondness of a mother with the affection of a daughter.
1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xxxvii. 513 She repayed her physic by the stone which is used in striking fire.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 236 Repaying incredulity with faith.
1889 Licensed Victuallers' Mirror 5 Mar. 64/3 Jones received some severe blows in the face; but he repaid them with interest by punches in the body.
1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xix. 309 Having received so much hospitality from the Ambroses she was glad to be able to repay a minute part of it.
1983 C. Voigt Callender Papers (1989) ix. 125 I thought we might repay her earlier sacrifices.
2003 N. al-Radi Baghdad Diaries (new ed.) 62 No wonder people are not going out—they can't afford to repay hospitality.
b. transitive. Of a thing: to reward or yield a good return for (a person's effort, sacrifice, etc.). Also reflexive: to be worthwhile or rewarding.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > reward or recompense [verb (transitive)] > of things: yield recompense for
repay1610
paya1616
remunerate1820
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > of things: yield recompense [verb (reflexive)]
requite1630
repay1766
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xi. xxiii. 427 That we might know that the spirits merits are not repaid by the bodies qualities.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Drill-rake Yet even this small work of supererogation repays itself.
1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 179 Th' abundant harvest, recompence divine, Repays their work.
1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming i. xi Her lovely mind could culture well repay.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxix. 399 A series of..considerations which I think will repay the reader's attention.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 10 The sacrifice may repay itself a thousand-fold.
1909 Geogr. Jrnl. 34 682 It is only the primary forest which would repay systematic attempts at conservation.
1984 I. Banks Wasp Factory 56 I determined to keep the Polaroid with the War Bag in future; for low-risk punitive expeditions..it would more than repay the extra weight and the amount of time consumed using it.
2002 Times 13 Mar. 35/4 Its pure white flowers hang in fringe-like sprays which generously repay close attention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† repayv.2
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
transitive. To pay again.
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1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Repay, to pay again, or a second time.
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