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Repay vs Repat - What's the difference?

repay | repat |

As a verb repay

is to pay back.

As a noun repat is

(informal) a repatriate.

repay

English

Verb

  • To pay back.
    • I finally repaid my student loans, just before sending my kids to college.

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    repat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A repatriate.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 17, author=Sophia Kishkovsky, title=2 Russian Churches, Split by War, Reuniting, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=One of the most important things you can do as a repat is to help in the reunification of the churches, much more so than anything you’re doing in television or business. }}

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