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# repayment

noun (a repayment, repayments; also uncountable repayment)

«repayment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money) Paying back money that you borrowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#m1)
2. (money) One of a set of regular amounts paid back on a loan, such as the monthly payment on a mortgage or car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#m2)
3. Doing something in return for help or harm: «in repayment for your kindness». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#m3)

### In the lessons

In adult life repayments are paid on loans, mortgages and credit cards, usually with extra money called interest. In maths word problems, repayments are equal parts of a total: a 600 dollar loan repaid in 6 repayments means 100 dollars each (if there is no interest). Phrases: «monthly repayments», «make a repayment», «loan repayment», «miss a repayment».

### Examples

- Mum and Dad make a mortgage repayment every month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#x1)
- The loan has twelve monthly repayments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#x2)
- If you miss a repayment, the bank may charge more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#x3)
- Tom gave Sam two chocolate bars in repayment for the pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#x4)
- Each repayment is 50 pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#x5)
- The repayments on the car are quite high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#x6)
- She finished the last repayment and owned the bike outright. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#x7)
- The day for repayment came, but the poor man had not a single copeck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/#x8)

### Note

Countable for single payments («three repayments»), uncountable for the idea («repayment of the loan»). Verb: repay (repaid). In maths: total paid = repayment × number of repayments; with interest, the total paid is more than the money borrowed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «repayment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repayment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«repayment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/repayment.html) on Mova free.