repayaln.
/rᵻˈpeɪəl/, U.S. /rəˈpeɪ(ə)l/, /riˈpeɪ(ə)l/ = 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
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repayal1829
1829 J. Pardoe Lord Morcar of Hereward IV. 72 Hereward, it were vain to say I thank you—vainer to seek repayal of the debt.
1856 Caledonian Mercury 2 July The heritors had the right to get repayal for about a hundred years, amounting in all to nearly L.5000.
1881 M. Reid Free Lances I. xiii. 139 There could be no mistaking what he meant. Anything but a repayal of friendly services.
1939 Mod. Lang. Rev. 34 194 Cromwell's repayal of Frescobald's favours.
1999 Mosaic (Winnipeg) (Nexis) 1 Mar. 149 Did he already anticipate the return when he went so quickly to help her? Regardless of these possibilities, now he wishes for a repayal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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