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payment

payment

83 1.0
Something done or given to return help and make up for harm
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪmənt/
: pago
  • Take this, Ford, as payment for ajob well done.

Like they they always say like the prestige of having our name on your resume should be payment enough or some BS like that.

Examples

  • The artist accepted the painting as payment for his work.

  • I'll gladly give it to you in payment for what you did for me.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Like does that work even require payment if it can bring people value?

  • You signed off on this work and took payment with him in the partnership.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • If seeing her father was the only payment she could make, then she would make it.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • But it would be another four years before the first payments began to arrive.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Never before, my brothers, has our wool brought so rich a payment.

  • Payment for all your kindness.

  • Betty wires the money to a store in Aruba in payment for things they never sent her.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Bantock says the dog gave him several large, finely cut diamonds as payment for the trip.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

to reward
vspayment
308 1.3

To give something to someone to thank them for doing something good

is mainly about returning value as a response or compensation
compensation
vspayment
240 3.6

Money given to pay someone for work and to make up for loss or injury

is the general act of returning something in kind as recompense
refund
vspayment
117 1.1

Money given back when someone paid too much or is not happy with what they bought

is the wider act of giving back in kind as recompense
return
vspayment
81 1.0

An act of giving something back to its owner

is focused specifically on returning value as recompense
payout
vspayment
48 3.4

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

is focused on returning something as a response or recompense
reimbursement
vspayment
46 4.0

Money paid back to someone for costs they paid

is broader, covering any returned value as a response
repayment
vspayment
31 2.9

Money you return after you borrowed it

is the general act of returning value as recompense
reparation
vspayment
25 6.8

Giving money or help to make up for a wrong

is broader, covering returns for many kinds of recompense
installment
vspayment
  • US
25 3.2

One part of the total cost paid regularly over time

refers to returning value as a whole rather than a part
payoff
vspayment
9 3.9

Final amount you give to finish a debt

is the general return of value rather than the final settlement
remittance
vspayment
8 7.0

An amount of money sent to someone in another country as payment or a gift

is the act of returning value in response rather than location
disbursement
vspayment
  • Specialized
8 6.7

A payment of money from a fund or account

centres on returning value as recompense rather than procedure
reciprocation
vspayment
2 6.3

Giving something back to someone because they helped you

is a single act of returning value rather than ongoing exchange
token payment
vspayment
1 4.0

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

is the full act of returning value rather than a token amount
giveback
vspayment
  • Jargon
1 5.0

A payment returned to customers as a reward

is the general act of returning something in kind across contexts
requital
vspayment
  • Formal
1 9.5

Giving back a favor or returning harm in the same way

is more neutral, covering many forms of returned value
remission
vspayment
  • Archaic
1 6.5

Money sent to someone in another place, often regularly to support family

is the broader idea of returning value rather than fixed schedules
recompensation
vspayment
1 8.2

Something, usually money, given to reward effort or to make up for loss

is mainly the act of returning value as a response
timely repayment
vspayment
1 3.7

Paying back borrowed money by the agreed date

focuses on returning value rather than meeting timing rules
remittal
vspayment
  • Archaic
1 8.4

Sending money to another person as a payment

is the broader notion of giving back or repaying in kind

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 Complete

full refund
8 1.8
restitution
  • Specialized
39 6.9
repayment
31 2.9
payment
83 1.0

Surface Forms

payment singular
payments plural

Morphology

payment = pay (transparent) = pay + ment

The noun is formed from the verb 'pay' with '-ment' and denotes the act or result of paying or recompense; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Payment can also mean 'something given in return' and it comes from the same parts pay + -ment, so think of repay or payback, where to pay is to 'give back'. So in this sense payment is what you give to 'return' or 'make up for' something.