English-Portuguese translations for pay back

• devolver
  Se os Estados-Membros tiveram de devolver o dinheiro, apenas subsidiarão os projectos de que realmente precisam. If Member States have to pay back the money, they will only fund the projects that they really need.
  Por exemplo, o relator não sabe porque é que a Alemanha não deve devolver os 11 milhões de ecus exigidos pela Comissão, e deve devolver apenas um milhão. The rapporteur does not know why Germany does not have to pay back the eleven million ecus demanded by the Commission, but only one million.

Definition of pay back

• to pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay
• to exact revenge

Examples

• He paid her back with interest.
• He paid back all the money he owed her.
• He paid them back for their conniving.

Related words

• pay back in someone's own coin
• pay one back
• pay someone back in their own coin
• back payment
• payback
• payback period
• backpay
• pay-back