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repay

[ri-pey] / rɪˈpeɪ /




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Andrea feels deep shame when she thinks about the loan she took out a year ago in Buenos Aires that she is now unable to repay.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

"If someone earning an MP's salary still isn't likely to repay their student loan in full, what chance does someone on a much lower income have?"

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

An aging population and chronic economic anemia raise questions about whether Tokyo ever will repay the debt, a worry that all else being equal suppresses demand for Japanese assets and thus the yen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The company, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, said it would use the proceeds from part of the offering for “general corporate purposes” and to repay debts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Dicey looked at her grandmother, glad because it meant her grandmother was thinking of putting in a cash crop, to repay herself the money she’d spent on the Tillermans.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Guitars take the place of shovels, as Henry now repays Carlos’ kindness by helping to save the land that Carlos assumes is ravaged.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

She repays about £150 a month and said it feels like "a constant burden that is always hanging over your head".

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Onset said it is owed $1.9 billion by First Brands, and has concerns that when the company repays its DIP lenders, it will leave nothing behind to repay those claims.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

The money is typically issued within three days, and the platform repays itself by withholding those wages from the user’s next paycheck.

From Salon Jan. 17, 2025

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

It is unclear whether it will have to be repaid.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

He repaid the charges after a formal investigation, according to a 2006 article in the Inner-West Weekly, an Australian newspaper.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

The U.S. government will pay a fee to SB Energy to operate the plant, but the revenue will be divided between Japan and the U.S. until Japan has been repaid its $33 billion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

By 2014, the program as a whole actually had made money for taxpayers, as the losses were outweighed by repaid loans from companies that had found success.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Durant repaid him with GM stock and a generous percentage of gross sales, guaranteed for life.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Music has given me so much that this album is my way of repaying music for all the blessings it’s given me.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

"I'm repaying in instalments, but the debt is not going down."

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

First Brands, which collapsed into bankruptcy last September, has struggled for months to find a path toward repaying creditors and emerging from chapter 11.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

I’m not clear why you have to borrow the money if you intend on repaying it within two years; if you do have accessible cash, you could try borrowing against your existing house.

From MarketWatch May 5, 2026

“I’m repaying you. You saved my life. Let’s call it even.”

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce




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