repaying
Returning borrowed money
Repaying is giving back what was borrowed or owed.
You repay a loan, a debt, or a favor.
The word carries a sense of obligation fulfilled: She spent years repaying her student loans.
Repaying can also mean reciprocating treatment, good or bad: He repaid their kindness with betrayal.
Payment for services rendered
- damagesCompensation for injury
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- refundMoney returned after purchase
indemnification · redress · recompense · settlement · payback · recovery · recoupment · remittance
Borrowed money repaid later
- mortgageSecured home loan
- principalChief school administrator
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- installmentsPeriodic partial payments
creditor · lender · borrower · amortization · balance · due date · settlement · finance
Kind act or preference
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- appreciationRecognition of worth
thankfulness · acknowledgment · indebtedness · tribute · goodwill · benevolence · grace · returning
Deserved punishment or rebuke
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- justiceFair treatment under law
payback · getting even · settling scores · retaliation · nemesis · consequences · desserts · reckoning
compensation
Payment for services rendered
- damagesCompensation for injury
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
refund · indemnification · redress · recompense · settlement · payback · recovery · recoupment · remittance · making whole
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
installments · creditor · lender · borrower · amortization · balance · due date · settlement · finance · credit score
favor
Kind act or preference
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
appreciation · thankfulness · acknowledgment · indebtedness · tribute · goodwill · benevolence · grace · returning · reciprocating
comeuppance
Deserved punishment or rebuke
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
justice · payback · getting even · settling scores · retaliation · nemesis · consequences · desserts · reckoning · vindication
repayingborrowing
Temporary taking of another's
lending · loaning · financing · mortgaging · charging
repayingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · taking for granted · forgetting · withholding · freeloading
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