paying back

Example Sentences

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Graduates with Plan 2 loans have been paying back 9% of everything they earn over the repayment threshold which currently stands at £28,470.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

“The parent is the borrower and is responsible for paying back the loan,” the student-loan lender says.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

It requires borrowers to make regular minimum monthly payments of $10 and to be paying back their loans for 30 years before being discharged, unless they are in public service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Capital One felt so good about how borrowers are paying back credit cards and auto loans that it released $760 million it had been holding back to cover potential losses.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

This paying back of the antiseptic government for its literary terrors and conflagrations.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury