Dictionary

pay back en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /peɪ bæk/
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (transitive) To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
   • 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
   • He paid back all the money he owed her, with interest.
   • He paid her back with interest, giving her ₿3 and an NFT for the $6 he'd borrowed last week.
2. (figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.
   • He paid her back with interest, avenging his father's murder with nine degrees of reprisal.

Forms

Deriveds

payback

Relateds

pay the price · pay off old scores · pay the piper

Translations (71)

bg връщам пари (to repay) · es devolver (to repay) · fi hyvittää (to repay) · sv betala bak (to repay) · it ripagare (to repay) · sv ge igen (to exact revenge) · pl spłacać (to repay) · it restituire (to repay) · bcl balos (to exact revenge) · ru отплатить (to repay) · sv hämnas (to exact revenge) · cmn 復仇 /复仇 (to exact revenge) · grc ἀποτίνω (to repay) · hy վճարել (to repay) · qu hunt'apuy (to repay) · sv ge betalt för gammal ost (to exact revenge) · fi maksaa takaisin (to repay) · fi palauttaa (to repay) · la rependō (to exact revenge) · ja 払い戻す (to repay) · gd ath-dhìol (to repay) · ru отплатить (to exact revenge) · is endurgjalda (to repay) · bcl balos (to repay) · nl terugbetalen (to repay) · es hacer pagar (to exact revenge) · sv betala tillbaks (to repay) · fr rendre (to repay) · da tilbagebetale (to repay) · sv betala tillbaka (to repay) · mbb bales (to repay) · fi maksaa potut pottuina (to exact revenge) · cmn 償還 /偿还 (to repay) · fr rendre la pareille (to exact revenge) · ga aisíoc (to repay) · de sich revanchieren (to exact revenge) · cmn 賠 /赔 (to repay) · cmn 償 /偿 (to repay) · de sich rächen (to exact revenge) · sco foryeild (to repay) · el εξοφλώ (to repay) · fi maksaa samalla mitalla (to exact revenge) · de vergelten (to exact revenge) · nrf s'atchitter (to repay) · pl odpłacić się (to exact revenge) · ar جَازَى (to repay) · ang ġieldan (to repay) · ru расплатиться (to repay) · vi trả (to repay) · sw kulipa (to repay) · pt devolver (to repay) · pl odpłacać się (to exact revenge) · es vengarse (to exact revenge) · eo repagi (to repay) · grc ἀποτίνω (to exact revenge) · pt retribuir (to exact revenge) · ko 갚다 (to repay) · ang forġieldan (to repay) · la rependō (to repay) · de heimzahlen (to exact revenge) · mi whakautu (to repay) · es desquitarse (to exact revenge) · bg разплащам се (to repay) · hy մարել (to repay) · pl spłacić (to repay) · fr rembourser (to repay) · cmn 報償 /报偿 (to repay) · fi palauttaa (to exact revenge) · mi whakautu moni (to repay) · de zurückzahlen (to repay) · fi maksaa (to repay)