repaying

verb

present participle of repay
1
as in reimbursing
to make a return payment to I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me

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2
as in paying
to make a return for how can we ever repay your kindness?

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Recent Examples of repaying After Newsom’s parents filed for divorce in 1971, Newsom was unofficially adopted by Gordon, repaying the favor the Newsoms had extended decades earlier. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026 The state is currently repaying more than $71 billion in general obligation bonds. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 When that federal disaster relief money or insurance proceeds come in, those funds can go toward repaying the loans. — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026 Because Leonard and the NBA Players Association signed off on his repaying $700,000, there was no further process that would require an arbitrator. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Millions of homeowners dream of repaying their mortgages ahead of schedule. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Russia reportedly sent drones to Iran this year, repaying Tehran’s favor after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Dalio, 77, warned the cost of repaying principal and servicing the debt will only grow over time. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 The commission alleges Cloth and his company raised more than $500 million from investors for various film and television projects, and then diverted $70 million of the funds to other uses, like repaying earlier investors. — ABC News, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaying
  1. reimbursing
  2. paying
  3. exchanging
  4. reciprocating
  5. compensating
Verb
  • Caldwell, now 46, says the process for reimbursing foster parents gave them little incentive to help children succeed.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
  • There is no standard formula for reimbursing ALFs that care for people with mental illness.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of reimbursing
Verb
  • AutoGov takes care of regular tasks like renewing licenses, paying bills, and booking routine health appointments.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The organization paying for it may also receive only part of its value, as when a hospital funds a system that benefits patients and insurers.
    — Hani Assi, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of paying
Verb
  • Instead of exchanging the entire print head, the K3 swaps a smaller assembly containing the nozzle, hotend and filament path.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Players were milling around midfield, exchanging jerseys and making small talk when Chubb appeared to say something to Jackson, who was chatting with another Bills player.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchanging
Verb
  • But instead of reciprocating, Ebersol looked suddenly annoyed.
    — Blake J. Harris, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The first are eleven reciprocating gas engines, totaling about 30 MW, which mechanically drive compressors used to process and move natural gas.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of reciprocating
Verb
  • Leaders should ask how much engineering effort is advancing the application, and how much is compensating for the data architecture underneath it.
    — Nada Usina, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The European Commission is also running an antitrust probe to determine if Google is fairly compensating publishers for using their content in AI answers.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of compensating

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“Repaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaying. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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