verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pay/repay a mortgage
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If I lose my job, we won't be able to pay the mortgage.
repay/pay off/pay back a loan (= give back the money you borrowed, usually over a period of time )
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You can repay the loan early without a penalty.
repay/settle a debt formal (= pay the money back )
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He was hoping he would soon have enough money to settle his debts.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ability
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Do/can we earn an adequate return for the risk involved? and is there a clearly identified ability to repay ?
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Salomon was exposed to the homeowners' ability to repay .
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Savings over £1000 will make a difference to the amount you can get as will your ability to repay the loan.
amount
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Yet 23 of the world's poorest countries are set to repay twice that amount in debt this year.
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His intention to repay the equivalent amount was relevant to dishonesty, not to the intention permanently to deprive.
bank
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On maturity, generally after 91 days, the bills must be repaid in full to the bank .
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The receivers proceeded with the receivership and managed to repay the bank in full.
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Firms raised more external finance than they needed, using the surplus to repay bank debts and build up excess cash.
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August - at least 10 Third World countries have stopped repaying their commercial bank creditors.
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Thus, the discount houses may be making losses on the loans they are repaying to the commercial banks .
capital
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But only if the couple who have 7 children repay the outstanding capital immediately.
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They repay your interest and capital together, in monthly instalments which change from time to time, as our interest rates change.
debt
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The B debt would have interest rolled up, and would be repaid once the principal on the A debt was repaid.
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The debt is to be repaid through Pima County residents' user fees.
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The creditors' approval remained dependent on US$4,100 million of debt being repaid over the following two years.
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The number of years over which debt is to be repaid is referred to as the term to maturity of the debt.
interest
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In money terms, therefore, it is cheaper to repay loans quickly because interest will be saved.
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Silent violence is repaid with interest .
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They repay your interest and capital together, in monthly instalments which change from time to time, as our interest rates change.
loan
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But in practice some authorities judge that this relationship has meant that loans should be repaid quickly.
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In addition to the inherited Banrural loans still to be repaid , new debt was encouraged by the state and private investors.
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Crisis loans are repaid by weekly deductions from benefit.
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The loans were rarely repaid , nor were they intended to be.
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However, when the loan is repaid , the company is entitled to a refund of the corporation tax.
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An astonishing 97 percent of their loans are repaid on time.
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Government-backed loans would be repaid over 15 years, including an eight-year grace period.
money
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Should the monk provide her with this money she will repay him in whatever way he pleases.
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They also tend to pay the lender a big fat fee if the borrower makes enough money to repay his loans prematurely.
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The business of lending money is like gambling-the creditors calculate the odds of the money being repaid .
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But now the county has a stake in seeing the money repaid .
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All but £2,000 of the stolen money has been repaid .
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The money must be repaid if that mission is to occur.
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Patros would have to become Prime Minister, too, so that we could be sure that the money would be repaid .
mortgage
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Red letter customers need to witness investment returns greater than 8 per cent to stand any chance of repaying their mortgage .
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This is an insurance that repays the mortgage in full should the person paying the mortgage die.
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Every pound you repay on your mortgage offers a guaranteed rate of return of 11.5 per cent.
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The most tax efficient way of repaying a mortgage is the pension mortgage.
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The figure you place in the final column is how much you can afford to spend repaying a mortgage every month.
obligation
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A general obligation bond is repaid through property taxes.
sum
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In a few cases the loan may be repaid in one lump sum at the end of its term.
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He said that he intended to repay the sums by renting out the dwellings or by selling them.
tax
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A general obligation bond is repaid through property taxes .
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If they sell them at any time before that, they must repay the full tax credit on the shares.
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Your money will not be forfeited but you will have to repay any tax relief you have received.
years
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Public-sector loans were now to be repaid over 20 years and other loans over 15 years.
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But Mr Pulman estimated that could be repaid within two years .
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Government-backed loans would be repaid over 15 years , including an eight-year grace period.
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The estimated building costs amounted to £6,800 which was to be borrowed and to be repaid within twenty-five years .
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Even these unpretentious, non-vintage champagnes benefit from keeping for a time; the great champagnes repay keeping for years and years.
■ VERB
intend
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Mr Marshall argued that with a strengthened management team, Railtrack intended to repay passengers' patience.
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He said that he intended to repay the sums by renting out the dwellings or by selling them.
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I intend to repay that trust by working tirelessly for all Willington East residents.
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The accused took money from his employers, intending to repay .
require
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Mr Kerr added that none of the companies that had received the irregular payments had been required to repay money.
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Voters rejected the measure, which would have required the group to repay the buyout, by 51 percent to 49 percent.
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The assistance will be required to be repaid in the event of the bid being successful.
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A further US$400 million was required to be repaid every six months thereafter.
use
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Net proceeds will be used to repay short and long-term debt, refinance long term debt and for working capital.
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That generated plenty of dollars the government could use to repay debts.
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Proceeds will be used primarily to repay revolving credit borrowings, to finance new store openings and for working capital.
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When the warrants are exercised, the issuer can use the proceeds to repay the bonds.
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Firms raised more external finance than they needed, using the surplus to repay bank debts and build up excess cash.
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He intended to use the cash to repay the money he had stolen from the company.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I don't know how to thank you/repay you
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Failure to repay a student loan can ruin a person's credit rating.
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My parents lent me the money to buy a car, and I repaid them over the next year.
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The loan has to be repaid within two years.
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There were doubts about the country's ability to repay the debt.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For that failure the solicitors offered to repay their conveyancing fee: a staggeringly low £160.
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He did not arrange trips and could not repay the money.
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Mr Kerr added that none of the companies that had received the irregular payments had been required to repay money.
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Net proceeds will be used to repay short and long-term debt, refinance long term debt and for working capital.
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She apparently stopped repaying the loan after the bank changed ownership and lost the loan documents, they said.
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The money must be repaid if that mission is to occur.
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Within eight years he had fully repaid his creditors and accumulated a greater fortune than ever before.