REPAY
What does "REPAY" mean?
To pay back money owed, or to return a favor or wrong.
Meanings
- To pay back money that one owes. He repaid the loan two years ahead of schedule.
- To give back or reward in return for something received. How can I ever repay your kindness?
- To make a return for; to be worth the effort or attention given. This book repays a second reading. figurative
Did you know?
- Buried inside 'repay' is the Latin word for peace: 'pay' comes from 'pacare', to pacify - so to repay a debt was originally to make peace with your creditor.
Word origin
From Old French 're-' ('back') plus 'payer' ('to pay'), the latter from Latin 'pacare' ('to appease, pacify'), from 'pax' ('peace') - to pay was originally to make peace with a creditor.
Remember it
RE-PAY: pay it back. And inside 'pay' hides 'pax' (peace) - settling debts makes peace.
A little poem
Some debts arrive in coin and close with cash;
the kind ones come in kindness, paid in trust.
couplet
What it teaches
Money debts close on schedule; the debts of kindness stay open until you pass them forward.
Quick facts
What does REPAY mean?
To pay back money owed, or to return a favor or wrong.
Is REPAY a valid word?
Yes — REPAY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is REPAY?
REPAY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does REPAY come from?
From Old French 're-' ('back') plus 'payer' ('to pay'), the latter from Latin 'pacare' ('to appease, pacify'), from 'pax' ('peace') - to pay was originally to make peace with a creditor.
What can REPAY teach us?
Money debts close on schedule; the debts of kindness stay open until you pass them forward.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.