| Main Entry: | repayment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | paying back |
Synonyms: |
amends, atonement, compensation, indemnification, quittance, recompense, redress, reimbursement, reparation, requital, restitution, restoration, retaliation, revenge |
| Main Entry: | due |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expected reward |
Synonyms: |
be in line for, claim, comeuppance, compensation, deserts, entitlement, guerdon, interest, merits, need, payment, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, rate, recompense, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, right, rights, satisfaction, title, vengeance, what is coming to one |
| Main Entry: | installment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, section |
Synonyms: |
chapter, division, earnest, episode, partial payment, payment, portion, repayment, token |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | payback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | return |
Synonyms: |
accrual, accruement, compensation, gain, gate, income, interest, proceeds, profit, reciprocation, recompense, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, reward, take, yield |
| Main Entry: | payment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee; installment of fee |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, advance, alimony, amends, amortization, amount, annuity, award, bounty, cash, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursement, discharge, down, fee, hire, indemnification, outlay, part, pay-off, paying, pension, portion, premium, quittance, reckoning, recompense, redress, refund, reimbursement, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retaliation, return, reward, salary, settlement, subsidy, sum, support, wage |
| Main Entry: | rebate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refund given to purchaser |
Synonyms: |
abatement, allowance, bonus, deduction, discount, kickback, payback, reduction, reimbursement, remission, repayment, subtraction |
| Notes: | a rebate is a partial repayment, whereas a refund is a repayment of the total purchase price |
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something returned, paid back |
Synonyms: |
amends, atonement, bus fare, compensation, cue, damages, emolument, expiation, gravy, indemnification, indemnity, overcompensation, pay, payment, propitiation, quittance, recoupment, recovery, redemption, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retrieval, retrievement, return, reward, salvo, satisfaction, solatium, sweetener, tip, wages |
Antonyms: |
take |
| Main Entry: | refund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | returned money |
Synonyms: |
acquittance, allowance, compensation, consolation, discharge, discount, give-back, give-up, kickback, money back, payment, rebate, reimbursement, remuneration, repayment, restitution, retribution, return, satisfaction, settlement |
| Main Entry: | reparation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation, amends |
Synonyms: |
adjustment, apology, atonement, damages, dues, emolument, expiation, indemnification, indemnity, making good, payment, penance, propitiation, quittance, recompense, redemption, redress, remuneration, renewal, repair, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, reward, satisfaction, settlement, squaring things |
Antonyms: |
extortion, penalty, theft |
| Main Entry: | retribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payback for another's action |
Synonyms: |
avengement, avenging, comeuppance, compensation, counterblow, eye for an eye, just desserts, justice, punishment, reckoning, recompense, redress, repayment, reprisal, requital, retaliation, revanche, revenge, reward, satisfaction, vengeance, what for |
Antonyms: |
forgiveness, pardon, sympathy |