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repayable en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree English repay Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English repayable From repay + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Able to be repaid.
   • . I owe her a debt not repayable for how she has reared William. 2003, Bryan F. Le Beau, The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O'Hair, →ISBN, page 30:
   • The debt for being alive, the debt for being loved is only repayable by mercy. 2017, Francis, Pope, Merola, Guiseppe, With the Smell of the Sheep, →ISBN:
2. (not-comparable, of a debt) to be repaid; owing.

Deriveds

non-repayable · unrepayable · nonrepayable

repayable en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree English repay Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English repayable From repay + -able.

Meanings

1. An amount, a loan, etc. to be repaid.
   • Proponents long have urged that these repayables be taken out of the picture of government's running expenses. 1949, Engineering News-record (volume 143, part 2, page 17)

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