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payment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Payment \Pay"ment\, n. [F. payment, paiement. See {Pay} to requite.] 1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. --Bacon. 2. 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. --Shak. 3. Punishment; chastisement. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: payment n 1: a sum of money paid [ant: {nonpayment}] 2: the act of paying money [syn: {paying}, {defrayal}, {defrayment}]
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