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pay back

verb as in fix

verb as in get back at

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Meta is also on the hook with its promise to pay back investors in the Hyperion joint venture if it terminates its leases early.

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The lower deficits are, the more the U.S. is perceived as being able to pay back its debt.

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Credit scores are used as a broad indicator of a borrower's ability to pay back a loan.

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"They had worked so hard for Thailand. Now it's my time to pay back," he said.

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The court ordered them to pay back the $8.2 million to the state.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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