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repaid

Syllables: re·paid/ɹɪˈpeɪd/

repaid is the simple past and past participle of repay.

Meaning of repay

Verb (1)

repay (third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repaid)

  1. Synonym of pay back in all senses.
    • I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.
    Synonyms:
    liquidate, pay back in all senses
  2. (transitive) To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off.
    • The possible importance of excessive androgen secretion and the ingestion of agents such as the fluorenamines may repay further investigation.2013, M. Pavone-MacAluso, Testicular Cancer and Other Tumors of the Genitourinary Tract, page 517
  3. (transitive) To give in return; requite.

Verb (2)

repay (third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repayed or repaid)

  1. To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again.

Words formed from repaid

Words that rhyme with repaid

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Questions about repaid

What is repaid the simple past and past participle of?
Repaid is the simple past and past participle of repay.
How do you pronounce repaid?
Repaid is pronounced /ɹɪˈpeɪd/.

Words near repaid in the dictionary

  1. repagination
  2. repaginations
  3. repaglinide
  4. repagula
  5. repagulum
  6. repaid
  7. repaint
  8. repaintable
  9. repainted
  10. repainter
  11. repainters

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