Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of repaying or paying back.
- n. The money or other thing repaid.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of repaying; reimbursement.
- n. The money or other thing repaid.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of returning money received previously
- n. payment of a debt or obligation
Examples
“That may seem like a simple thing to you, but trust in repayment is the fundamental basis of the whole economy.”
“Browne's proposal was for no upfront fee, not even for part-time students, as now – while his loan repayment is highly progressive, in effect a capped graduate tax beginning above £21,000, capped and restricted to 30 years.”
The Guardian: Cutting from the rich and clobbering the middle, Cameron looks like a lefty
“Crucially, his monthly mortgage repayment is only € 70 more than his share of the house he rented with five friends.”
“Credit risk has risen from an over-extension of loans to local governments and property — both of which have questionable medium-term repayment capacity, Lee said during a conference in Taipei.”
USA Today: Fitch: Local government debt makes China credit risky
“Grayson says the banks were not interested in repayment; they were just churning loans as fast as they could in order to generate fees.”
The Huffington Post: Ellen Brown: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?
“But if you're facing long-term financial difficulties, income-based repayment is the better choice, she says.”
Several options can help if you're struggling to pay student loans
“Now that I'm in repayment I get bombarded by emails about their special programs and services.”
“The marketing phrase 'The lord Jesus Christ can help you consolidate all your debts into one easy monthly repayment' is surely just around the corner.”
“If you throw enough military high tech at some savages, you reasonably expect from them at least a little mystical terror in repayment, and it helps sell the war home.”
“But I want to pay, though it is a lot of money to pay up front - so I called the repayment plan number.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘repayment’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...yearling, wild celery, Wain, Themis, talon, slither, sedge, sea eagle, scurf, rile, prevaricate, poplar tree and 732 more...
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