Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Pay back
Pay back verb - Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions.
Both terms in one sentence
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Opt Out: The LGT relies on people doing this to make their profits, since people opting out get to keep half of their winnings while losers have to pay back the entirety of their debts.
Source: Manga / Liar Game -
Even worse: tax collectors ordered him to pay back massive amounts of money for "Keep On Truckin'", a fortune he never owned in the first place!
Source: Black Sheep Hit -
Financial Abuse: Miss Honey reveals that Miss Trunchbull forced her to surrender her wages for a duration of ten years, to pay back for all the "clothes, books and food" that the dear aunt Trunchbull paid for, receiving one pound a week as allowance and not allowed to keep her inheritance.
Source: Literature / Matilda
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