English > payment: 3 senses > noun 1, possession| Meaning | A sum of money paid or a claim discharged. |
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| Narrower | benefit | financial assistance in time of need |
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| blood money | paid to a hired murderer |
| bonus, incentive | An additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output |
| bribe, payoff | Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment |
| cash, immediate payment | Prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check |
| conscience money | Payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings |
| credit, deferred payment | arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services |
| down payment, deposit | A partial payment made at the time of purchase |
| installment | A payment of part of a debt |
| lump sum | A complete payment consisting of a single sum of money |
| overpayment | A payment larger than needed or expected |
| payoff, final payment | The final payment of a debt |
| penalty | A payment required for not fulfilling a contract |
| pittance | An inadequate payment |
| premium, insurance premium | Payment for insurance |
| recompense | Payment or reward (as for service rendered) |
| refund | money returned to a payer |
| regular payment | A payment made at regular times |
| remittance, remittal, remission, remitment | A payment of money sent to a person in another place |
| repayment, quittance | Payment of a debt or obligation |
| residual | (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing |
| reward | Payment made in return for a service rendered |
| royalty | Payment to the holder of a patent / patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property |
| satisfaction | (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation |
| subscription | A payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time |
| support payment | A payment made by one person for the support of another |
| token payment | A small payment made in acknowledgement of an obligation |
| underpayment | A payment smaller than needed or expected |
| Broader | cost | The total / total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor |
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| Opposite | nonpayment, default, nonremittal | Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid |
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| Spanish | abono, desembolso, pago |
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| Catalan | abonament, desemborsament, desembors, pagament |
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| Verbs | pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
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| pay | cancel or discharge a debt |
| pay | discharge or settle |
English > payment: 3 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of paying money. |
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| Synonyms | defrayal, 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 | pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
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| pay | cancel or discharge a debt |
| pay | discharge or settle |
