Synonyms for pay back

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pey

Phonetic Transcription : peɪ

Top 10 synonyms for pay back

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Définition of pay back

Origin : c.1200, "to appease, pacify, satisfy," from Old French paier "to pay, pay up" (12c., Modern French payer), from Latin pacare "to please, pacify, satisfy" (in Medieval Latin especially "satisfy a creditor"), literally "make peaceful," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace). Meaning "to give what is due for goods or services" arose in Medieval Latin and was attested in English by early 13c.; sense of "please, pacify" died out in English by 1500. Sense of "suffer, endure" (a punishment, etc.) is first recorded late 14c. Related: Paid; paying.

As in pay : verb get revenge
As in refund : verb return money; rebate
As in render : verb contribute
As in repay : verb give back money or possession
As in repay : verb get even; obtain restitution for past injustice
As in retaliate : verb get even with someone
As in return : verb give back, send back
As in revenge : verb retaliate for wrong, grievance
As in make restitution : verb make amends
As in restitute : verb refund
As in exchange : verb trade
As in fix : verb wreak vengeance on
As in get back at : verb settle a score

Example sentences :

Or a "pay back sperrit" as Licorice Stick might have called him.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

To incur debts, trusting to luck to pay back, is bad policy.
Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer

"And pay back—" There she hesitated, and he finished for her.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Have you ever been able to pay back any part of the five hundred dollars, father?
Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger

You have already done more than I can ever hope to pay back.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

If he catches one of my gals in the same fix, he's welcome to pay back.
Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 » by Various

When you save enough money to pay back the loan, the house is your own.
Extract from : « Rudder Grange » by Frank R. Stockton

You can tell them I will pay back all the money you spent for me, just as soon as I can.
Extract from : « Hope and Have » by Oliver Optic

He must pay back the friends who had given him shillings and clothes.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

After his losses, he had determined to pay back his debt to his parents in five years.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

Antonyms for pay back

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