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Synonyms for repaid


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-pey
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpeɪ



Définition of repaid

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Old French repaier "pay back, give in return," from re- "back" (see re-) + payer "to pay" (see pay (v.)). Related: Repaid; repaying.
  • adj reimbursed
Example sentences :
  • It was good to see the loving look that reproved and repaid him.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • I don't know what they'll do about it; the money has been repaid.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Never, never, never has a single centime been repaid by a single one of these borrowers.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • This brief interview has more than repaid me for all that I have ever suffered.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Mr Flintwinch, to whom these words were spoken, repaid the stranger's wonder in full.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He repaid Hopper with a specimen of his tongue, and flung the writ back at him.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • He's very grateful and desirous to serve me; and I am more than repaid.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • She was a plain, penniless girl, whom he adored, and who repaid him with happiness.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • This was very bitter to him, but he could only say, 'It shall be repaid so soon as I have the power.'
  • Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The trees, laden with fruit, seemed to have repaid the labour of the cultivator.
  • Extract from : « Six Letters From the Colonies » by Robert Seaton

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