pay back

1. (transitive)To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.

   He paid her back with interest, giving her ₿3 and an NFT for the $6 he'd borrowed last week.

   He paid back all the money he owed her, with interest.

   zurückzahlen

   отплатитьotplatitʹ, расплатитьсяrasplatitʹsja

2. (figuratively)To avenge, to exact revenge.

   He paid her back with interest, avenging his father's murder with nine degrees of reprisal.

   sich revanchieren, heimzahlen, sich rächen

   отплатитьotplatitʹ

1. Tom paid Mary back.

   Том віддав борг Мері.

   ruТом отомстил Мэри.

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2. I'll pay you back.

   Я тобі відплачу.

   ruДеньги я тебе верну.

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3. Pay Tom back the thirty dollars you owe him.

   Віддай Тому ті тридцять доларів, які ти йому винен.

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4. I want to pay back the money I owe.

   Я хочу віддати гроші, які я винен.

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5. I'd like to pay you back.

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irregular · Lesson

• pay upвартуватиTo pay in total a sum which is owed, especially when the sum has been owed for a period of time.
• pay offвартуватиTo bribe, especially to deter oversight.
• pay backдістати, отримуватиTo pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
• pay outTo distribute money; to disburse.
• pay downTo partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).
• pay forwardHaving been the recipient of help or a good deed, to propagate goodwill by helping another person in turn.