minus-squarefdagpigj@lemmy.mltoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Russia Warns Seizing Frozen Assets Amounts to Theft & Retaliation to Followlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agopay back 1. (transitive) To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed. 2. (figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge. Here I am using the 2nd meaning. linkfedilink
minus-squarefdagpigj@lemmy.mltoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Finland quietly extends defence partnership with Israellinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoIt was signed in 2024. linkfedilink
minus-squarefdagpigj@lemmy.mltoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Russia Warns Seizing Frozen Assets Amounts to Theft & Retaliation to Followlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·5 days agoWell, yes. Countries had an agreement, and some of them broke it unilaterally. How Russia is to pay back for that is the open question. linkfedilink
pay back
Here I am using the 2nd meaning.