| Main Entry: | repay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back money or possession |
Synonyms: |
accord, award, balance, compensate, indemnify, make amends, make restitution, make up for, offset, pay back, pay dues, rebate, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, requite, restore, return, reward, settle up, square* |
Antonyms: |
deprive, extort, penalize, seize, steal, take |
| Main Entry: | repay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get even; obtain restitution for past injustice |
Synonyms: |
avenge, even the score, get back at, get revenge, make reprisal, pay back, reciprocate, requite, retaliate, return, return the compliment, revenge, settle the score, square accounts |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | repaid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reimbursed |
Synonyms: |
compensated, indemnified, paid back, recompensed, refunded, remunerated, requited, restored |
| Main Entry: | avenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retaliate |
Synonyms: |
chasten, chastise, come back at, even the score, get back at, get even, payback, punish, redress, repay, requite, retribute, revenge, stick it to, take satisfaction, take vengeance, venge, vindicate |
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make restitution |
Synonyms: |
atone, come down with, commit, guerdon, indemnify, make good, pay, pay up, plank out, pony up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out, take care of, tickle the palm |
Antonyms: |
deprive, fine, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | liquidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay; change into cash |
Synonyms: |
cash, cash in, cash out, clear, convert, discharge, exchange, honor, pay off, quit, realize, reimburse, repay, satisfy, sell off, sell up, settle, square |
Antonyms: |
invest, keep |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money for goods, services |
Synonyms: |
adjust, bear the cost, bear the expense, bequeath, bestow, chip in, clear, come through, compensate, confer, cough up, defray, dig up, disburse, discharge, extend, foot the bill, foot*, grant, hand over*, handle, honor, kick in, liquidate, make payment, meet, offer, plunk down, prepay, present, proffer, put up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, settle, stake, take care of |
Antonyms: |
earn |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be advantageous |
Synonyms: |
be worthwhile, benefit, repay, serve |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get revenge |
Synonyms: |
avenge oneself, get even, make up for, pay back, pay one's dues, punish, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, settle a score, square, square things |
| Main Entry: | reciprocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, alternate; equal |
Synonyms: |
barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one's dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one's back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat, trade, vacillate |
Antonyms: |
deny, refuse |