[re.pay] vb -paid ; -pay.ing vt (15c) 1 a: to pay back "~ a loan" b: to give or inflict in return or requital "~ evil for evil"
2: to make a return payment to: compensate, requite
3: to make requital for: recompense "the success that ~s hard work" ~ vi: to make return payment or requital syn see pay -- re.pay.able adj -- re.pay.ment n