payment

See also: Payment

English

Etymology

From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪmənt/, enPR: pāʹmənt

• Audios (General American):

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• Rhymes: -eɪmənt
• Hyphenation: pay‧ment

Noun

payment (countable and uncountable, plural payments)

1. (uncountable) The act of paying.

   Payment will be made at the end of the month.

2. (countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction 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.

   • 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.

3. (uncountable) Something of value given in return for an act; payback; recompense; reward.
   • 2012, John Goode, Distant Rumblings‎^[1], Harmony Ink Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:

     I humbly apologize for my behavior. Please accept this as payment for your kindness and patience.

   • 2020, Stephen W. Shanley, “Susanna's Tale”, in Forgotten Stories: In the Shadows of the Son of Man‎^[2], Resource Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 15:

     I do hope this is a fair exchange, my story in payment for your kindness.

Derived terms

• advance payment
• autopayment
• back payment
• balloon payment
• bullet payment
• copayment
• counter payment
• counter-payment
• counterpayment
• cyberpayment
• dation in payment
• down payment
• e-payment
• equalization payment
• forepayment
• grease payment
• inpayment
• kick payment
• lubrication payment
• make off without payment
• making off without payment
• micropayment
• mispayment
• multipayment
• outpayment
• overpayment
• parachute payment
• payment card
• payment order
• payment schedule
• payment service
• payment terminal
• PITI payment
• pittance payment
• prepayment
• proof of payment
• repayment
• severance payment
• short payment
• stop payment
• taxpayment
• telepayment
• time-payment
• transfer payment
• underpayment
• warrant of payment

Translations

the act of paying — see also pay

Arabic: دَفْع (ar) m (dafʕ) Hijazi Arabic: دَفْع m (dafʕ) Armenian: վճարում (hy) (včarum) Aromanian: platã f, arugã f Azerbaijani: ödəniş (az) Basque: ordainketa, ordaintze Belarusian: апла́та f (apláta), пла́та f (pláta), плаце́ж m (placjéž) Bulgarian: пла́щане (bg) n (pláštane), плате́ж (bg) m (platéž) Catalan: pagament (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 付款 (zh) (fùkuǎn) Czech: platba (cs) f Danish: betaling (da) c Dutch: betaling (nl) f Estonian: makse Finnish: maksu (fi) French: paiement (fr) m, payement (fr) m Galician: pagamento (gl) m, pago (gl) m, paga (gl) f Georgian: გადახდა (gadaxda) German: Bezahlung (de) f Greek: πληρωμή (el) f (pliromí) Hindi: भुगतान (hi) (bhugtān) Hungarian: fizetés (hu), kifizetés (hu), befizetés (hu), törlesztés (hu), kiegyenlítés (hu), lerovás (hu), megfizetés (hu) Indonesian: pembayaran (id) Ingrian: makso Irish: íocaíocht f Italian: pagamento (it) m Japanese: 支払い (ja) (しはらい, shiharai), 入金 (ja) (にゅうきん, nyūkin) Korean: 지불(支拂) (ko) (jibul), 변제(辨濟) (ko) (byeonje) Latin: pensiō f Latvian: maksājums m Lithuanian: mokėjimas (lt) m Macedonian: плаќање n (plaḱanje) Malay: pembayaran Māori: utunga Norman: paiement m Norwegian: Bokmål: betaling (no) m or f Persian: پرداخت (fa) (pardâxt) Polish: zapłata (pl) f, wypłata (pl) f, opłata (pl) f, płatność (pl) f Portuguese: pagamento (pt) Romanian: plată (ro) f, plătire (ro) Russian: платёж (ru) m (platjóž), опла́та (ru) f (opláta), пла́та (ru) f (pláta), упла́та (ru) f (upláta), вы́плата (ru) f (výplata) Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: плаћање n Latin: plaćanje n Slovak: platba f Slovene: plačilo n Spanish: pago (es) m, pagamento (es) m, pagamiento (es) m Swahili: malipo (sw), ulipaji Swedish: betalning (sv) c Telugu: చెల్లింపు (te) (cellimpu) Turkish: ödeme (tr) Ukrainian: платі́ж m (platíž), пла́та f (pláta) Urdu: ادائیگی f (adā'īgī) Welsh: talu (cy) m

a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services

Armenian: վարձատրություն (hy) (varjatrutʻyun) Azerbaijani: ödəniş (az) Basque: ordain Belarusian: пла́та f (pláta) Bulgarian: възнагражде́ние (bg) n (văznagraždénie) Catalan: pagament (ca) m Czech: platba (cs) f Danish: betaling (da) c Dutch: uitbetaling (nl) f, betaling (nl) f Estonian: makse Galician: pago (gl) m, pagamento (gl) m Georgian: გადახდა (gadaxda) German: Zahlung (de) f Hindi: शुल्क (hi) (śulk), भुगतान (hi) (bhugtān) Hungarian: fizetség (hu) Irish: íocaíocht f Latin: pensiō f Latvian: maksājums m Lithuanian: mokėjimas (lt) m, išmoka (lt) f Macedonian: плаќање n (plaḱanje) Māori: paremata, utunga, moni utu Middle English: warisoun Norwegian: Bokmål: betaling (no) m or f Polish: zapłata (pl) f Portuguese: pagamento (pt) m Romanian: plată (ro) f Russian: пла́та (ru) f (pláta), вознагражде́ние (ru) n (voznagraždénije) (remuneration) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: плаћање n Latin: plaćanje n Slovak: platba f Slovene: plačilo n Spanish: pago (es) m Swahili: malipo (sw) Tagalog: bayaran (tl) Ukrainian: пла́та f (pláta) Welsh: tâl (cy) m, taliad (cy) m

See also

• scot