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third-person singular simple present pays back, present participle paying back, simple past and past participle paid back
(transitive) To pay a debt, to provide the entire amount of money owed to another. quotations examples
Douglas: Roy, give me £20.Roy: What?Douglas: Give me £20. I'll pay you back.
2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1
(figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge. examples