English > defrayal: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of paying money. |
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| Synonyms | payment, defrayment |
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| Narrower | amortization, amortisation | Payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers |
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| fee splitting | Payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral |
| overpayment | The act of paying too much |
| prepayment | Payment in advance |
| ransom | Payment for the release of someone |
| refund, repayment | The act of returning money received previously |
| remuneration | The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses |
| rendering | Giving in acknowledgment of obligation |
| spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay | The act of spending or disbursing money |
| tribute | Payment by one nation for protection by another |
| underpayment | The act of paying / paying / paying less than required |
| Broader | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
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| Opposite | evasion, nonpayment | The deliberate act of failing to pay money |
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| Spanish | abono, pago |
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| Catalan | abonament, pagament |
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| Verbs | defray | bear the expenses of |
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