pay back in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pay back in the English»French Dictionary

I.pay [Brit peɪ, Am peɪ] N

gages mpl dated
pay ADMIN
rate of pay ADMIN

II.pay <pret, pp paid> [Brit peɪ, Am peɪ] VB trans

III.pay <pret, pp paid> [Brit peɪ, Am peɪ] VB intr

1. back:

back ANAT, ZOOL
dos m
to turn one's back on sb/sth lit, fig
to do sth behind sb's back lit, fig
get off my back inf!

II.back [Brit bak, Am bæk] ADJ

III.back [Brit bak, Am bæk] ADV

See also wall, scratch, own, hand, duck, beyond, answer

wall [Brit wɔːl, Am wɔl] N

I.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] N

II.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] ADJ

III.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] VB trans

IV.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] VB intr

I.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] ADJ (belonging to particular person, group etc)

II.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] PRON

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] N

I.beyond [bɪˈjɒnd] PREP Beyond is often used with a noun to produce expressions like beyond doubt, beyond a joke, beyond the grasp of, beyond the bounds of etc. For translations of these and similar expressions where beyond means outside the range of, consult the appropriate noun entry (doubt, joke, grasp, bound, etc.). See also I. 3. below.

I.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] N

II.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] VB trans

III.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] VB intr

pay back in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pay back in the English»French Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He hired a military attorney to try to have the issue resolved, pay back the government, to get out of the military.
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Managing to escape, he sticks around town to pay back those responsible and then to take a cut in the action in the vice district.
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Most recently, these efforts have taken the shape of ordering corruption convicts to pay back all the money they have stolen.
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The roads would be maintained by a nonprofit corporation that would pay back bonds to the state.
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The district usually lasts 20 years, or enough time to pay back the bonds issued to fund the improvements.
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After the cost of writing the software was paid off, 100% of the proceeds goes to pay back the crowd-funding investors.
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He said it had to pay back 5m to lenders who wanted to remain anonymous including a number of foreign nationals.
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I wanted to pay back the country that has been so kind to me and my family.
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He once argued that each generation should pay back its debt within 19 years, and not impose a long-term debt on subsequent generations.
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At the moment the pay back rates comprise 98%.
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