Synonyms for repayment
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Noun
1. Reimbursement
reimbursement, remuneration, payback, return, recompense, refund, restitution, retribution, revenge, retaliation, requital, indemnity, indemnification, redress, amends, reprisal
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of repaying.
Forms
- Plural
- repayments → reimbursements, remunerations, paybacks, returns…
Example sentences
- reimbursement Remember to save your receipts for later reimbursement.
- payback It's payback for wrongdoing in a previous life.
- remuneration What are your expectations in terms of remuneration?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| repayment | falling | |
| reimbursement | falling | |
| payback | rising | |
| remuneration | falling | |
| recompense | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- return2, refund2, amends2
- 7 letters
- revenge2, payback2, redress2, repayal
- 8 letters
- reprisal3, requital
- 9 letters
- indemnity4, quittance
- 10 letters
- recompense3
- 11 letters
- retaliation5, retribution4, restitution4
- 12 letters
- remuneration5
- 13 letters
- reimbursement4
- 15 letters
- indemnification6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (return2 = 2 syllables).