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Repayment, -peyment, n. [Late ME repayment (1467); Payment n.] The act of paying back again. — 1482 Edinb. Chart. 147.
Of the repayment of the said soumes of money, to our said souerane lord 1514 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 148.
To be bundin vnder thair commoun selis … for the said repayment to be maid 1640 Aberd. Council Lett. II 157.
To give band … to the said lenors to repayment thairof and annuelrent for the samyn 1644 Wemyss Chart. 227.
That the lennares of moneyes for that vse sould have assureance for the repeyment