单词 | repayer |
释义 | repayern. A person who makes repayment; esp. one who repays a loan or debt. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] > requital or repayment > one who retribuer1512 requiter1578 repayer1611 retributor1614 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rembourseur, a reimburser; repayer. 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 240 God is..a repaier of the wicked. 1738 Enq. Causes Encrease Poor 79 That Part which is payed by the poor Labourer and Handy-Craftsman is, indeed, partly repayed them... Those whom they serve..are their Repayers. 1791 Bee 2 Mar. 326 If a duty amounting to 100,000 l. is advanced a year before it is repaid, suppose the premium 10 l. per cent, such a tax will be to the repayers 110,000 l. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. iii. 50 I am a good repayer, Jack, of good or evil. 1958 R. Harrod Policy against Inflation viii. 189 In the old days, except during war, the British government was each year a net repayer of debt. 1994 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 4 Mar. Loan sharks..charged high interest and frequently issued death threats to slow repayers. 2007 Guardian 23 Apr. 28/3 The league table of worst repayers..also features Newcastle, Manchester and Glasgow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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