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pay back VB trans

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pay back VB trans INV-FIN

Specialized Vocabulary

ˈback pay N no pl

ˈcall-back pay N ECON

pay-back method N INV-FIN

Specialized Vocabulary

pay out/take back policy N INV-FIN

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pay sth back
etw zurückzahlen
to pay sb back ⇆ sth
jdm etw zurückzahlen
to pay back [or off] debts
Schulden abzahlen [o. begleichen]
to pay sb back with interest fig
es jdm doppelt [o. gründlich] heimzahlen
to pay sb back for sth
jdm etw heimzahlen
to pay sb back in kind (similar way)
es jdm mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen
to pay back ⇆ sth [to sb]
[jdm] etw zurückzahlen
to pay back ⇆ one's debts to sb
bei jdm seine Schulden bezahlen
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to get [or pay] sb back [or get back at sb] [for sth]
jdm etw heimzahlen
to pay sb back in the same coin
es jdm mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen
I'll pay you back for doing this to me
ich werde [es] dir heimzahlen, dass du mir das angetan hast
can you lend me some money? I'll pay you back tomorrow
kannst du mir Geld leihen? ich zahle [o. gebe] es dir morgen zurück
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The participants organize themselves into community banks and pay back their loans with interest on monthly payments.
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The subscribers who got the land were chosen by ballot; they were to pay back with interest and ultimately all subscribers would be settled.
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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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Failure to pay back these goods could lead to loss of the farm, debt, or enslavement.
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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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Streamlining and selling the uranium would be needed to pay back 40 billion yen.
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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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He also had to pay back his prize money worth 24.000.
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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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