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notification

notification

22 3.4
A written request to pay money you owe
  • noun
  • /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : requerimiento de pago
  • I've been on the receiving end of two of these notifications myself in the past several months.
  • notification tier
  • notification and registration
  • notification requirement

Examples

  • Legionnaires' disease is underreported in Europe; notification rates differ substantially among countries.

    Academic text (2012)
  • That phone caII you overheard, that was my officiaI notification.

  • By his own account, John remained in jail for approximately two weeks without notification of his family.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Honey, didn't you get the notification from the court?

  • The young officer who lost his life in this attack has not been identified pending notification of next of kin.

  • My report will be written and filed subsequent to the notification of next of kin.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The victim's name was not released yet, pending proper notification of the next of kin.

    Blog text (2)
  • The landlord sent a notification reminding tenants to pay their rent by the end of the month.

  • She received a notification in writing about her outstanding balance for the utility bill.

  • After a thorough review, the company issued a notification requesting payment for the overdue invoice.

Synonyms

notice
vsnotification
  • Formal
276 3.4

A formal written message saying someone will end an agreement

is a specific formal written reminder asking someone to pay a debt

How Urgent

demand
419 3.1
notice
  • Formal
276 3.4
notification
  • Formal
22 3.4
reminder
342 1.0

Surface Forms

notification singular
notifications plural

Morphology

notification = notify (semi-transparent) = notify + ation

Formed from 'notify' + '-ation' (act/result of informing), but the sense as a formal payment request is a narrower conventionalized use not directly inferable by all learners.

Etymology

Notification comes from parts that mean 'know' and 'make', namely noti- ('to know') and -ficare ('to make'). So a notification that asks for payment is an official way to 'make you know' that you owe money.