repay
Base form
repay
/rɪˈpeɪ/
Past simple
repaid
/rɪˈpeɪd/
Past participle
repaid
/rɪˈpeɪd/
MeaningB2
to pay back money that you borrowed
to repay a loan
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1You must repay the loan within two years.
- Question · Form 1How can I ever repay you for your help?
- Past simple · Form 2Last month I finally repaid the money I owed my brother.
- Past simple · Form 2In 2020 the company repaid all its debts.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you repaid the bank yet?
- Passive · Form 3The money was repaid in full by the end of the year.
Watch out
Like pay → paid: repaid, with -id. Repayed and repaied are wrong.
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