payment

Speech parts

1. payment - Noun

2. Payment - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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.

Punishment; chastisement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

requital defrayal defrayment giro award levy return money cost income binder indemnity peso agra pittance

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Antonyms

cost income debt penalty expense default

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Hypernyms

commerce return cost commercialism mercantilism paying back

Hyponyms

pittance benefit credit spending cash penalty

Phrases with the word

gross payment make payment early payment upfront payment partial payment additional payment

Examples

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible. Rutherford B. Hayes

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it. Henry David Thoreau

In America, conscription is unknown; men are enlisted for payment. Compulsory recruitment is so alien to the ideas and so foreign to the customs of the people of the United States that I doubt whether they would ever dare to introduce it into their law. Alexis de Tocqueville

The best payment is on the peck bottom. English Proverb

Error is no payment. Italian Proverb

A good grievance is better than bad payment. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

paymaster Paymaster-General paymastership payment against documents payment amount payment bond