返済
解説 Definition
repayments は repayment（返済、返済額）の複数形です。借りたお金を分割して返す支払いを指し、ローンや借金の文脈でよく使われます。
Repayments is the plural of repayment. It refers to amounts of money paid back to a lender, especially the regular installments required for a loan, mortgage, or other debt.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形は repayment「返済、返済額」で、複数語尾 -s を付けた repayments は末尾を /s/ と発音します。re-「戻して」＋payment「支払い」と捉え、monthly loan repayments のように、借金を毎月分割して返す複数回の支払いを連想しましょう。payment は一般の支払い、repayment は借りたものを返す支払いです。
The singular form is repayment, built from repay plus the noun-forming suffix -ment. Its plural, repayments, adds -s, pronounced /s/ after the final /t/ sound. Think of a loan schedule containing several monthly repayments: each payment returns part of borrowed money to the lender. This distinguishes repayments from payments in general, which may be made when buying goods or services. Useful combinations include loan repayments, monthly repayments, and keep up with repayments, meaning to pay every required amount on time.
例文
My loan repayments start next month.
私のローン返済は来月始まります。
The bank lowered the monthly repayments.
銀行は毎月の返済額を引き下げました。
She planned her budget carefully so that the repayments would not be late.
返済が遅れないよう、彼女は予算を慎重に立てました。
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repayments の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語接頭辞「re-（戻して）」と「pacare（なだめる→中仏語で支払い）」に「-ment（名詞化）」を結合。本来は「債主をなだめて借りを清算する」意味が転じ、「金銭を元の持ち主へ返す」用法に定着しました。同語根に「pacify（鎮静化）」「payment（支払い）」があります。
Repayment combines repay with the noun-forming suffix -ment, and repayments adds the regular plural ending -s. Repay contains re-, conveying “back,” and pay, which entered English through Old French paier and derives from Latin pacare, originally “to pacify” or “satisfy.” The modern financial sense developed around satisfying an obligation by returning money owed to another party.
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