Pay back
Pay back verb - Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions.
Returning
Returning adjective - Tending to be turned back.
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Synonyms for Returning
Pay back and returning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pay back" instead a verb "Returning".
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- In Silver Spoon, Ichiro Komaba's family farm is piling up debt, and he hopes to either make it through high school before returning to work there to salvage it, or make it as a pro baseball player in order to make enough money to pay back his family's loans.
Source: Tragic Dropout - Returning to the casino late in the game, he can be found sharp-dressed, flushed with cash, and willing to pay back 10x the amount and throw in an appreciable supply of some valuable fusion cell as well.
Source: Karmic Jackpot
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