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  • verb transitive To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
  • verb transitive, intransitive, idiomatic To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb pay back

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synonyms (39)

Words with the same meaning

  1. back out
  2. backtrack
  3. backwater
  4. bring back
  5. crumble
  6. extradite
  7. fail
  8. fall back
  9. falter
  10. place in
  11. put back
  12. reactivate
  13. recommit
  14. reconstitute
  15. reconvert
  16. recruit
  17. reenact
  18. reestablish
  19. refill
  20. reform
  21. rehabilitate
  22. reinstall
  23. reinstate
  24. reinstitute
  25. reintegrate
  26. reinvest
  27. remand
  28. remit
  29. repatriate
  30. replace
  31. replenish
  32. restore
  33. retire
  34. return
  35. revest
  36. send back
  37. take back
  38. weaken
  39. withdraw

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. pay

hyponyms (3)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. reimburse
  2. restitute
  3. restore

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