Meaning of PAYMENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'peymunt
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- [n] the act of paying money
- [n] a sum of money paid
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| | Synonyms: | | defrayal, defrayment |
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| | Antonyms: | | default, evasion, nonpayment, nonpayment, nonremittal | | |
| | See Also: | | amortisation, amortization, benefit, blood money, bonus, bribe, cash, commerce, commercialism, conscience money, cost, credit, deferred payment, deposit, disbursal, disbursement, down payment, fee splitting, final payment, immediate payment, incentive, installment, insurance premium, lump sum, mercantilism, outlay, overpayment, overpayment, payoff, penalty, pittance, premium, prepayment, quittance, ransom, recompense, refund, refund, regular payment, remission, remitment, remittal, remittance, remuneration, rendering, repayment, repayment, residual, reward, royalty, spending, subscription, support payment, token payment, tribute, underpayment, underpayment | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pay"ment\, n. [F. payment, paiement. See {Pay} to
requite.]
1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge
of a debt or an obligation.
No man envieth the payment of a debt. --Bacon.
2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a
debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise;
reward; recompense; requital; return. --Shak.
3. Punishment; chastisement. [R.]
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| | Related Terms: | | bait, base pay, bribe, budgeting, carrot, castigation, charge, chastening, chastisement, compensation, condign punishment, contribution, correction, costing, costing-out, debit, debiting, deficit spending, deserts, disbursal, disbursement, disciplinary measures, discipline, dismissal wage, distribution, earnings, encouragement, escalator clause, escalator plan, expenditure, expense, fee, ferule, fillip, financial remuneration, gross income, guaranteed annual wage, hire, incentive, incitement, income, inducement, infliction, interest, invitation, judgment, judicial punishment, living wage, lure, minimum wage, nemesis, net income, outlay, pains, pains and punishments, pay, pay and allowances, payroll, penal retribution, penalty, penology, percentage, persuasive, portal-to-portal pay, profit, provocation, punishment, punition, purchasing power, real wages, remuneration, retribution, retributive justice, reward, salary, scheduling, scourge, severance pay, sliding scale, spending, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, sweetener, sweetening, take-home, take-home pay, taxable income, total compensation, wage, wage control, wage freeze, wage reduction, wage rollback, wage scale, wages, wages after deductions, wages after taxes, well-deserved punishment, what-for, whet |
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