What does payment mean?

Definitions for payment
ˈpeɪ məntpay·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. paymentnoun

    a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

  2. payment, defrayal, defraymentnoun

    the act of paying money

  3. requital, paymentnoun

    an act of requiting; returning in kind

Wiktionary

  1. paymentnoun

    The act of paying.

  2. paymentnoun

    A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Paymentnoun

    Etymology: from pay.

    Thy husband commits his body
    To painful labour both by sea and land,
    And craves no other tribute at thy hands
    But love, fair looks, and true obedience;
    Too little payment for so great a debt. William Shakespeare.

    Persons of eminent virtue, when advanced, are less envied, for their fortune seemeth but due unto them; and no man envieth the payment of a debt. Francis Bacon.

    Give her an hundred marks.
    —— An hundred marks! by this light I’ll ha’ more.
    An ordinary groom is for such payment. William Shakespeare.

    The wages that sin bargains with the sinner, are life, pleasure and profit; but the wages it pays him with, are death, torment and destruction: he that would understand the falsehood and deceit of sin thoroughly, must compare its promises and its payments together. Robert South, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. Payment

    A payment is the voluntary tender of money or its equivalent or of things of value by one party (such as a person or company) to another in exchange for goods, or services provided by them, or to fulfill a legal obligation. The party making a payment is commonly called the payer, while the payee is the party receiving the payment. Payments can be effected in a number of ways, for example: the use of money, cheque, or debit, credit or bank transfers. the transfer of anything of value, such as stock, or using barter, the exchange of one good or service for another.In general, the payee is at liberty to determine what method of payment he or she will accept; though normally laws require the payer to accept the country's legal tender up to a prescribed limit. Payment is most commonly effected in the local currency of the payee, unless if the parties agree otherwise. Payment in another currency involves an additional foreign exchange transaction. The payee may compromise on a debt, i.e., accept a part payment in full settlement of a debtor's obligation, or may offer a discount, E.G: For payment in cash, or for prompt payment, etc. On the other hand, the payee may impose a surcharge, for example, as a late payment fee, or for use of a certain credit card, etc. Payments are frequently preceded by an invoice or bill, which follow the supply of goods or services, but in some industries (such as travel and hotels) it is becoming common for pre-payments to be required before the service is performed or provided. In some industries, a deposit may be required before services are performed, which acts as a part pre-payment or as security to the service provider. In some cases, progress payments are made in advance, and in some cases part payments are accepted, which do not extinguish the payer’s legal obligations. The acceptance of a payment by the payee extinguishes a debt or other obligation. A creditor cannot unreasonably refuse to accept a payment, but payment can be refused in some circumstances, for example, on a Sunday or outside banking hours. A payee is usually obligated to acknowledge payment by producing a receipt to the payer. A receipt may be an endorsement on an account as "paid in full". The giving of a guarantee or other security for a debt does not constitute a payment.

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  1. payment

    A payment is a transfer of money or goods from one party to another in exchange for goods, services, or to fulfill a legal obligation. It often involves a set amount, agreed upon by all involved parties, and can occur in various forms, including cash, check, electronic transfers, credit cards, or other types of financial exchange systems.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Paymentnoun

    the act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation

  2. Paymentnoun

    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

  3. Paymentnoun

    punishment; chastisement

  4. Etymology: [F. payment, paiement. See Pay to requite.]

Wikidata

  1. Payment

    A payment is the transfer of money from one party to another. A payment is usually made in exchange for the provision of goods, services or both, or to fulfill a legal obligation. The simplest and oldest form of payment is barter, the exchange of one good or service for another. In the modern world, common means of payment by an individual include money, cheque, debit, credit, or bank transfer, and in trade such payments are frequently preceded by an invoice or result in a receipt. However, there are no arbitrary limits on the form a payment can take and thus in complex transactions between businesses, payments may take the form of stock or other more complicated arrangements. In law, the payer is the party making a payment while the payee is the party receiving the payment.

Editors Contribution

  1. payment

    To spend money or a form of currency.

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    Submitted by MaryC on March 3, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PAYMENT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Payment is ranked #34314 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Payment surname appeared 661 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Payment.

    78.9% or 522 total occurrences were White.
    11.8% or 78 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    4.6% or 31 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3.3% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'payment' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1921

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'payment' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2628

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'payment' in Nouns Frequency: #455

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of payment in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of payment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of payment in a Sentence

  1. Joao Oliveira:

    Liberia Convincing clients did not have any cancellations but Liberia Convincing clients had much fewer bookings, the reason I believe there have been no cancellations is because the clients who have already paid -- safaris are usually booked several months in advance and a down payment is required -- do their own research and find out that the West Africa Ebola countries are more than 5,000 kilometers away from Tanzania or Kenya.

  2. Hillary Clinton:

    The subprime problems are now creating massive issues on Wall Street, it's a serious problem affecting our housing market and millions of hard working families. So what are some of the things we need to do? We need to expand the role of the (Federal Housing Administration) to issue more mortgages at better rates to these homeowners. We need to give consumers more counseling and information, prevent families from being trapped in high interest loans with pre-payment penalties and in some cases, allow more breathing room from foreclosure.

  3. Judith Solomon:

    What we call churn in coverage is a big problem – i.e. people losing and regaining coverage over relatively short periods of time, a great deal of churn occurs at the time renewals of coverage are due but non-payment of premiums can also cause churn.

  4. Meron Estefanos:

    They go to refugee camps, approaching new arrivals and offering them a trip with no down payment.

  5. De Jesus:

    When clients come to a store, they want to know exactly if the down payment suits their pockets, and Santander's tools show it immediately, other banks are copying it now.

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