Synonyms for pay back
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pey |
| Phonetic Transcription : peɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for pay back Other synonyms for the word pay back
- accord
- alternate
- atone
- avenge
- avenge oneself
- award
- balance
- bandy
- bargain
- barter
- be avenged
- be out for blood
- bestow
- buy and sell
- carry back
- cash in
- castle
- cede
- change
- change hands
- commute
- contact with
- convert into
- convey
- cook someone's goose
- correspond
- deal in
- defend
- displace
- even the score
- exact retribution
- exchange
- fight back
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- flip-flop
- furnish
- get
- get back at
- get even
- get revenge
- give and take
- give back
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- give up
- go over to
- hand back
- hand over
- hit back
- honor a claim
- hook up
- horse trade
- hurt
- impart
- indemnify
- interchange
- invert
- justify
- kick back
- link up
- make amends
- make available
- make good
- make good indemnify
- make repayment
- make reprisal
- make restitution
- make up for
- market
- match
- minister
- network
- part with
- pass to
- pay
- pay back in spades
- pay damages
- pay dues
- pay off
- pay one's dues
- present
- punish
- put back
- react
- rearrange
- rebate
- reciprocate
- recompense
- redress
- reestablish
- refund
- reimburse
- reinsert
- reinstate
- relinquish
- remit
- remunerate
- render
- repay
- replace
- requite
- reseat
- restitute
- restore
- retaliate
- retort
- retrospect
- return
- return the compliment
- revenge
- reverse
- revise
- revive
- reward
- roll back
- score
- seesaw
- send
- settle
- settle a score
- settle the score
- settle up
- settle with
- shift
- show
- shuffle
- shuttle
- square
- square accounts
- square things
- stick it to
- strike back
- submit
- substitute
- supply
- surrender
- swap
- swap horses
- switch
- take an eye for an eye
- take back
- take retribution
- take revenge
- take vengeance
- tender
- thrust back
- toss back
- trade
- traffic
- transact
- transfer
- transmit
- transpose
- truck
- turn over
- turn the tables
- turn the tables on
- turn upon
- venge
- vindicate
- wreak vengeance
- yield
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
- 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
- aid
- ask
- assist
- break
- change
- cloud
- conceal
- confuse
- continue
- corrupt
- damage
- deny
- depart
- deprive
- destroy
- disagree
- disarrange
- disorganize
- disturb
- earn
- eat out
- extort
- fail
- fight
- forfeit
- forget
- forgive
- help
- hide
- hold
- ignore
- keep
- leave
- leave alone
- look away
- lose
- neglect
- obscure
- pardon
- pay
- penalize
- play fair
- refuse
- remain
- remove
- request
- seize
- steal
- suppress
- surrender
- sympathize
- take
- unfix
- unsettle
- upset
- veto
- win
- withhold
- worsen
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