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third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repaid
Synonym of pay back in all senses. quotations examples
On the results of the Kent Coast electrification, which is known to be repaying so far a satisfactory return on the investment in it, a Waterloo-Bournemouth scheme shows reasonable financial promise.
1962 April, “Talking of Trains: Short-sighted approach to profits?”, in Modern Railways, page 219
(transitive) To make worthwhile; to yield a result worth the effort; to pay off. quotations examples
The possible importance of excessive androgen secretion and the ingestion of agents such as the fluorenamines may repay further investigation.
2013, M. Pavone-MacAluso, Testicular Cancer and Other Tumors of the Genitourinary Tract, page 517
(transitive) To give in return; requite. examples
third-person singular simple present repays, present participle repaying, simple past and past participle repayed or repaid
(nautical) To pay (cover with tar, pitch, etc.) again. examples