payment Hear it!

payment definition

pay·ment (pā′mənt)

noun

  1. a paying or being paid
  2. something that is paid
  3. penalty or reward

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

business payment definition - business

finance payment definition - finance

law payment definition - legal

payment Synonyms

payment

n.

  1. The act of paying or being paid

    recompense, reimbursement, restitution, subsidy, return, redress, refund, remittance, reparation, disbursement, down, amends, cash, salary, wage, fee, sum, pay-off, repayment, indemnification, requital, defrayment, retaliation; see also pay 1.

  2. An installment

    portion part, amount; see adjustment 2, debt 1, installment, mortgage.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

payment Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • fee: The service is subject to the payment of a fee.

Converse of object

  • accept: We accept payment by Visa Electron, Visa, Switch, Maestro, Mastercard, JCB, Solo, check or cash.

Adjective modifier

  • monthly: These monthly mortgage payments are covered by the properties tenants who are paying our borrower rent every month.

Preposition: by

  • check: Payment by check only, full details on the website above.

Noun used with modifier

  • redundancy: Staff over 65 will be entitled to a service based redundancy payment.
payment usage examples (more)

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.

payment quotes

In epochs when cash payment has become the sole nexus of man to man.

-Carlyle,Thomas

Among my friends love is a payment. It is an old debt for a borrowing foolishly spent.

-Dunbar,William

payment quotes (more)

Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link to this page:

Cite this page:

MLA Style

"payment." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009

  • Your Dictionary. 4 July 2009
  • <www.yourdictionary.com/payment>

APA Style

payment. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary

  • Retrieved July 4th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/payment

Comments:

Please or Register to post a comment