repay

Word family noun pay payment repayment payer payee adjective paid ≠ unpaid underpaid ≠ overpaid payable repayableverb pay repay underpay ≠ overpay

Related topics: Loans

re·pay /rɪˈpeɪ/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp repaid) [transitiveT]

1 BFLto pay back money that you have borrowed 付还，偿还

repay a loan/debt etc

Your mortgage will be repaid over 25 years.

你的按揭贷款将在25年内还清。

repay somebody something

I’ll repay you the money you lent me next week.

你借给我的钱我下星期还你。

In everyday English, people usually say that someone pays money back rather than repays it: 在日常英语中，人们表示还钱，一般用 pay back，而不用 repay

I'll pay you back the money at the end of the week.

我周末还你钱。

2 GIVEto do something for someone, or give them something, in return for helping you 酬报；报答

repay somebody for something

How can we repay him for everything he’s done?

我们怎么才能报答他所做的一切呢？

I’d like to buy them something to repay all their kindness.

我想给他们买点东西来报答他们的好意。

3. GOOD ENOUGHif something repays your time, effort etc, it is worth the time or effort you have spent 值得〔付出时间、努力等〕

Examples from the Corpus

repay• Failure to repay a student loan can ruin a person's credit rating.• Within eight years he had fully repaid his creditors and accumulated a greater fortune than ever before.• The money must be repaid if that mission is to occur.• Mr Kerr added that none of the companies that had received the irregular payments had been required to repay money.• Net proceeds will be used to repay short and long-term debt, refinance long term debt and for working capital.• There were doubts about the country's ability to repay the debt.• She apparently stopped repaying the loan after the bank changed ownership and lost the loan documents, they said.• He did not arrange trips and could not repay the money.• For that failure the solicitors offered to repay their conveyancing fee: a staggeringly low £160.• My parents lent me the money to buy a car, and I repaid them over the next year.• The loan has to be repaid within two years.

repay a loan/debt etc• Default: failure to repay a loan.• Do they return the money to shareholders through higher dividends or repay debt?• That generated plenty of dollars the government could use to repay debts.• The real-estate investment trust said it will use the notes to finance property acquisitions and to repay debt.• Council officials say they used the $ 8 million to repay loans and expenses connected with the mifepristone project.• Net proceeds will be used to repay debt and for working capital and possible acquisitions.• Net proceeds will be used to buy computer equipment, repay debt and for working capital; underwriter is Biltmore Securities Inc.• In money terms, therefore, it is cheaper to repay loans quickly because interest will be saved.

repay somebody for something• We'll never be able to repay you for all you've done.

From Longman Business Dictionary

repayre·pay /rɪˈpeɪ/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp repaid) [transitiveT]FINANCE

to pay back money that has been borrowed

The funds will be used torepay short-termdebt.

repay somebody something

The company will repay creditors $25 million over 10 months.

—repayable adjectiveadj [not before a noun]

The loan is repayable over 12 months.

单词	repay
释义	repay Word family noun pay payment repayment payer payee adjective paid ≠ unpaid underpaid ≠ overpaid payable repayableverb pay repay underpay ≠ overpay Related topics: Loans re·pay /rɪˈpeɪ/ ●●○ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp repaid) [transitiveT] 1 BFLto pay back money that you have borrowed 付还，偿还 repay a loan/debt etc Your mortgage will be repaid over 25 years. 你的按揭贷款将在25年内还清。 repay somebody something I’ll repay you the money you lent me next week. 你借给我的钱我下星期还你。 Register In everyday English, people usually say that someone pays money back rather than repays it: 在日常英语中，人们表示还钱，一般用 pay back，而不用 repay I'll pay you back the money at the end of the week. 我周末还你钱。 2 GIVEto do something for someone, or give them something, in return for helping you 酬报；报答 repay somebody for something How can we repay him for everything he’s done? 我们怎么才能报答他所做的一切呢？ I’d like to buy them something to repay all their kindness. 我想给他们买点东西来报答他们的好意。 3. GOOD ENOUGHif something repays your time, effort etc, it is worth the time or effort you have spent 值得〔付出时间、努力等〕 Examples from the Corpus repay• Failure to repay a student loan can ruin a person's credit rating.• Within eight years he had fully repaid his creditors and accumulated a greater fortune than ever before.• The money must be repaid if that mission is to occur.• Mr Kerr added that none of the companies that had received the irregular payments had been required to repay money.• Net proceeds will be used to repay short and long-term debt, refinance long term debt and for working capital.• There were doubts about the country's ability to repay the debt.• She apparently stopped repaying the loan after the bank changed ownership and lost the loan documents, they said.• He did not arrange trips and could not repay the money.• For that failure the solicitors offered to repay their conveyancing fee: a staggeringly low £160.• My parents lent me the money to buy a car, and I repaid them over the next year.• The loan has to be repaid within two years. repay a loan/debt etc• Default: failure to repay a loan.• Do they return the money to shareholders through higher dividends or repay debt?• That generated plenty of dollars the government could use to repay debts.• The real-estate investment trust said it will use the notes to finance property acquisitions and to repay debt.• Council officials say they used the $ 8 million to repay loans and expenses connected with the mifepristone project.• Net proceeds will be used to repay debt and for working capital and possible acquisitions.• Net proceeds will be used to buy computer equipment, repay debt and for working capital; underwriter is Biltmore Securities Inc.• In money terms, therefore, it is cheaper to repay loans quickly because interest will be saved. repay somebody for something• We'll never be able to repay you for all you've done. From Longman Business Dictionary repayre·pay /rɪˈpeɪ/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp repaid) [transitiveT]FINANCE to pay back money that has been borrowed The funds will be used torepay short-termdebt. repay somebody something The company will repay creditors $25 million over 10 months. —repayable adjectiveadj [not before a noun] The loan is repayable over 12 months.
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