ETYM Old Eng. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. Eng. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.
(Irregular plural: patches).
A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.

ETYM Old Fren. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. Related to Repair to go.
1. A formal way of referring to the condition of something.
2. The act of putting something in working order again; SYN. fix, fixing, mending, reparation.

ETYM French réparation, Latin reparatio. Related to Repair to mend.
1. Compensation (given or received) for an injury or insult; SYN. amends.
> 2. Compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors.
3. Compensation paid by countries that start wars in which they are defeated, as by Germany in both world wars. Iraq is required to pay reparations, under the terms of a United Nations resolution, after its defeat in the 1991 Gulf War. + prikaži više