repayable

/ɹipˈeɪəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

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adj

adj

noun

". I owe her a debt not repayable for how she has reared William."
"The debt for being alive, the debt for being loved is only repayable by mercy."
"Proponents long have urged that these repayables be taken out of the picture of government's running expenses."

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.

repayables (plural)

nonrepayable unrepayable

non-repayable

payable unpayable

Questions

How do you pronounce repayable?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹipˈeɪəbəl/.

What does repayable mean?

Able to be repaid.

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