Noun
a reciprocal group action
Source: WordNetIt is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound. Ambrose
Dear citizens. Now I plan to jump off a bridge over the Han River. I hope you give us the last chance. Please lend us 100 million won which will be used for paying back debt and seed money of our organization... I know this is shameful. I'm sorry. I'll repent for the last of my life. Sung Jae-gi
What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that office, they spend all their time in office paying back over and over again those campaign contributions through various favors and contracts and that sort of thing. Matt Taibbi
Borrowing is bad, and paying back is always a loss. Egyptian Proverb
in return we gave them as good as we got Source: Internet
“But then the rug was pulled from under their feet, and they had to ask Prince Charles to step in. That’s the reason why they are now able to start paying back the queen and the Crown Estate, who met the cost of the building work out of public funds.” Source: Internet