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REPAYMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of returning money received previously
Synonyms:
refund; repayment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("repayment" is a kind of...):
defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)
Derivation:
repay (pay back)
repay (make repayment for or return something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Payment of a debt or obligation
Synonyms:
quittance; repayment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("repayment" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repayment"):
redemption (repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock))
Derivation:
repay (pay back)
repay (make repayment for or return something)
