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payment

payment

860 1.0
Money given for goods, services, or to settle a debt
  • 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.

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Examples

  • - Full payment in cash before the job.

  • 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.

  • I love how mobile payment is so widely used here.

  • Do you have another form of payment?

  • It's absolutely a matter of payment for civil damages.

  • It is, after all, a payment for winter fuel.

  • They may allow you to then have a payment holiday on your rent.

  • Dr. Pederson, just so you know, I'll wire the second half of the payment tomorrow morning.

  • And, of course, if you think of the payments as an annuity over the years, the cost is really quite minimal.

Synonyms

payout
vspayment
48 3.4

An amount of money paid to someone as a reward, compensation, or winnings

is the general act of giving money for goods or debts
disbursement
vspayment
  • Specialized
8 6.7

A payment of money from a fund or account

is the general act of giving money for goods or debts
remittal
vspayment
  • Archaic
1 8.4

Sending money to another person as a payment

is the general act of giving money for goods or debts
defrayal
vspayment
  • Formal
9.2

Money paid to cover costs such as travel or tuition fees

is the general act of giving money for goods or debts
defrayment
vspayment
  • Formal
9.8

Money given to pay costs for someone else

is the general act of giving money for goods or debts

Antonyms

3 4.1

Someone does not pay money they owe

Compounds

78 3.1

A first payment you make when you buy something and pay the rest in later payments

10 3.5

A regular payment one person gives to help pay for a child or former partner

8 4.4

Money from the government that helps older or disabled people pay medical bills

Money given each month to a person who cannot work because of illness or injury

stop payment
  • Specialized
5 4.8

A request from a bank customer asking the bank not to cash a check

Last money you pay to finish a debt

4 4.5

Money the government gives people who need help without goods or services

An arrangement to give money for something later instead of now

2 2.7

Amount of money paid for work in a set time like per hour

An amount of money you give at fixed times, for example each month

Money you give when you buy something

A very small amount of money given to show you will pay later or to keep an agreement

The amount of money paid for each hour or work period

1 4.8

Formal paper that tells a bank to pay a named person or company a set amount of money

7.4

A system that pays doctors a fixed amount per patient for a set time even if they need more care

9.9

Money a man receives from his ex-wife after a divorce by court order

How Much

overpayment
4 3.2
payment
860 1.0

Surface Forms

payment singular
payments plural

Morphology

payment = pay (transparent) = pay + ment

Standard nominalization of the verb 'pay' with '-ment', meaning the act or result of paying, which is directly inferable.

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.