Repayment
[riː'peɪm(ə)nt;rɪ'peɪm(ə)nt] or [rɪ'pemənt]
Definition
(n.) The act of repaying; reimbursement.
(n.) The money or other thing repaid.
Typed by Aileen
Examples
- They are only the repayment of a part of the expense which must be laid out in employing it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He said that the repayment of a debt is just, and in saying so he appears to me to be right. Plato. The Republic.
- One thing after another had been torn from his reluctant grasp, and now it seemed as if his life itself was to crown the measure of repayment. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When Simonides said that the repayment of a debt was justice, he did not mean to include that case? Plato. The Republic.
- He has made me a very handsome advance--a thousand pounds--and he can afford to wait for repayment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Knowing that I had that money of Vernon's, he was continually borrowing of me, still promising repayment as soon as he should be in business. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The hand,' said Mr Fledgeby, 'of a lovely and superior-minded female is ever the repayment of a--' 'Noble action! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His liberality had a rich repayment, and the general goodness of his intentions by her deserved it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In requiring frequent and regular repayments from all their customers, the banking companies of Scotland had probably this advantage in view. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typed by Elinor