payment
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈpeɪmənt/
:
pago
- The store only accepts credit card as a method of payment.
- make payments
- receive payment
- cash payment
If they're just given a a payment for their advice.
- If they're just given a a payment for their advice.
- If they could handle that payment and afford that, then great.
- Did you see any cessation in payment during COVID?
- What should film makers know about the payment schedule from film hub?
- Upstart makes this thing simple with one monthly payment in one place.
- And I did make my last payment in January.
- And I believe the UK, because of its payments companies has more unicorns.
- And I even made two sales tax payments right before we disappeared.
- Present value is the value of every period's payments in terms of today.
Examples
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- Full payment in cash before the job.
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The Greek government would be forced to provide payments to Greek depositors, further increasing the national debt.
Academic text (2012) -
And I did make my last payment in January.
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I love how mobile payment is so widely used here.
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Do you have another form of payment?
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It's absolutely a matter of payment for civil damages.
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It is, after all, a payment for winter fuel.
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They may allow you to then have a payment holiday on your rent.
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Dr. Pederson, just so you know, I'll wire the second half of the payment tomorrow morning.
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And, of course, if you think of the payments as an annuity over the years, the cost is really quite minimal.
Synonyms
48
3.4
An amount of money paid to someone as a reward, compensation, or winnings
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6.7
A payment of money from a fund or account
Money paid to cover costs such as travel or tuition fees
Money given to pay costs for someone else
Sending money to another person as a payment
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
70
3.1
A first payment you make when you buy something and pay the rest in later payments
- Formal
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3.5
A regular payment one person gives to help pay for a child or former partner
4
3.4
Money given each month to a person who cannot work because of illness or injury
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4.4
Money from the government that helps older or disabled people pay medical bills
- Formal
3
4.5
Money the government gives people who need help without goods or services
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4.0
A very small amount of money given to show you will pay later or to keep an agreement
- Specialized
A system that pays doctors a fixed amount per patient for a set time even if they need more care
- Formal
Formal paper that tells a bank to pay a named person or company a set amount of money
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Payment comes from the verb pay and the ending -ment, where pay means 'give money' and -ment turns a verb into the 'act'. So payment is the 'act of giving money' or the money that is given.