pay back

See also: payback

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peɪ bæk/

Verb

pay back (third-person singular simple present pays back, present participle paying back, simple past and past participle paid back)

(transitive) to pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay
He paid her back with interest.

He paid back all the money he owed her.
(figuratively) to exact revenge
He paid them back for their conniving.

Translations

to repay

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: tilbagebetale
Esperanto: repagi
Finnish: maksaa takaisin (fi), palauttaa (fi), hyvittää (fi), maksaa (fi)
French: rembourser (fr)

German: zurückzahlen (de)
Greek: εξοφλώ (el) (exofló)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Norman: s'atchitter
Russian: отплатить (ru) (otplatitʹ), расплатиться (ru) (rasplatitʹsja)
Spanish: pagar (es)
Swedish: betala tillbaka, betala tillbaks (colloquial), betala bak (colloquial)

to exact revenge

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: maksaa samalla mitalla, maksaa potut pottuina, palauttaa (fi)
French: rendre la pareille (fr)
German: sich revanchieren (de), heimzahlen (de), sich rächen, vergelten (de)

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Norman: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: hacer pagar, vengarse (es), desquitarse (es)
Swedish: hämnas (sv)

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