pac-, peac-, peas- +

1. To pay for something before receiving it.
2. To pay in advance for goods or services.

Descriptive of paying or arranging to pay beforehand or before something is due; such as, to prepay a loan.

1. The payment of a debt obligation prior to its due date.
2. A payment made before the day it is due.

An interval of confusion between wars: peace quotes.

1. To pay back: She repaid her loan to the bank."
2. To give back, either in return or in compensation: "He wanted to repay her kindness with kindness."
3. To make a return or compensation for; such as, a company that repays hard work with bonuses.
4. To make or to do in return: "Mother tried to repay the woman's phone call later in the eveing."

Subject to repayment: "Bank loans are usually repayable in regular installments."

Any one who repays whatever is owed by that person.

1. Payment of a debt or obligation.
2. The act of returning money received previously.

May he [or she] rest in peace.

This R.I.P. symbol is used on tombstones, cards of mourning, etc. The plural form is Requiescant in pace, "May they rest in peace." The abbreviation, R.I.P. is used for both the singular and the plural applications.

If you want peace, prepare for war.

A traditional justification for an arms buildup, from Vegetius, a fifth-century Roman military writer, in his Epitoma Rei Militaris.

Where they create a desert, they call it peace (They create desolation and call it peace). Tacitus, in his Agricola, was quoting the leader of the Britons who was conguered or whose country was devastated by the invading Romans.

They create desolation and call it peace.

Literally, "Where they create a desert, they call it peace" which is a quote from Tacitus' Agricola in which he was expressing the sentiments of a leader of the Britons who was defeated by the Romans.

1. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
2. Incapable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated.
3. Impossible to appease or to satisfy: "We had an unappeasable thirst and hunger after the long, hot walk."

A descriptive word for not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated.

1. Without payment.
2. Awaiting payment or settlement; such as, unpaid bills.
3. Not yet in receipt of payment for work done.
4. Working without wages or a salary.
5. Serving without pay; unsalaried: "We worked as unpaid research assistants."