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Antonyms for repayment


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-pey
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpeɪ



Definition of repayment

Origin :
  • late 15c., from re- + payment.
  • noun paying back
Example sentences :
  • When Simonides said that the repayment of a debt was justice, he did not mean to include that case?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • He said that the repayment of a debt is just, and in saying so he appears to me to be right.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • And we won't say anything about repayment either, this time.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • They took all they could get, but assuredly they never understood the obligation of repayment.
  • Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
  • The day for repayment came, but the poor man had not a single copeck.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • Instead of that, I lend it, and shall recover it in the form of repayment.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • Into Brandenburg; and there was no chance of repayment to get him out again.
  • Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 » by Various
  • They lent for nothing, but exacted damages for all delay in repayment.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to the History of Western Europe » by James Harvey Robinson
  • And men will lend them money too,—well knowing that there is no chance of repayment.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
  • If so, may God preserve you, for you will assuredly be ruined when the time comes for repayment!
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk » by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Synonyms for repayment

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