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"Pay back"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (REIMBURSE).
Definitions
reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
Word origin
1591, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”, literally “put in a purse”) (perhaps after Middle French rembourser or Italian rimborsàre), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).
Used in a sentence
“The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.”
“You can tell this funny monkey story, but please keep and mind and tell people that the man who lost all his fruit to the monkeys was entirely reimbursed.”
“He has spent many years on the automaton, and it must have cost thousands of pounds in experiment and construction. He makes no secret of hoping to reimburse his outlay.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Pay back”9 letters
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