payment

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English

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#PAYMENT paiement. Equivalent to pay + -mentCategory:English terms suffixed with -ment#PAYMENT.

Pronunciation

Noun

payment (countable and uncountable, plural payments)Category:English lemmas#PAYMENTCategory:English nouns#PAYMENTCategory:English uncountable nouns#PAYMENTCategory:English countable nouns#PAYMENTCategory:English countable nouns#PAYMENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PAYMENTCategory:Pages with entries#PAYMENTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PAYMENT

  1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#PAYMENT) The act of paying.
  2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#PAYMENT) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchangeCategory:English links with manual fragments#PAYMENT for goods or services, or the transactionCategory:English links with manual fragments#PAYMENT that conveys it.
    Synonym: consideration
    Antonyms: non-payment, nonpayment
    Hypernym: transaction
    Coordinate terms: credit, debit, withholding, garnishment, billing
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      [] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
      Category:English terms with quotations#PAYMENT
    • 2023 November 15, 'Industry Insider', “Outbreak of common sense”, in RAIL, number 996, page 68:
      In a report published on October 31, Transport Focus said that a number of train companies were unable to convince it about their ability to sell a full range of tickets, handle cash payments, and avoid excessive queues at ticket machines.
      Category:English terms with quotations#PAYMENT

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Category:en:Money#PAYMENT
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