the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To pay back; to refund.
v. To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense
v. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To pay back; refund.
To make return, retribution, or requital for, in a good or bad sense: as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.
To make return or repayment to.
To requite either good or evil; make return.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
v. make repayment for or return something
v. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
v. answer back
v. pay back
Word Usage
"The labels repay it by encouraging rivals like Amazon to Apple to put pressure on it. complains bitterly to the public and regulators that the big bad labels made it use DRM."