payment
Syllables: pay·ment/ˈpeɪmənt/
payment noun: the act of paying.
Noun
payment (countable and uncountable, plural payments)
- The act of paying.
- Payment will be made at the end of the month.
- An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
- “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- In a report published on October 31, Transport Focus said that a number of train companies were unable to convince it about their ability to sell a full range of tickets, handle cash payments, and avoid excessive queues at ticket machines.2023 November 15, 'Industry Insider', “Outbreak of common sense”, in RAIL, number 996, page 68
- Synonyms:
- consideration
- Antonyms:
- non-payment, nonpayment
- Something of value given in return for an act; payback; recompense; reward.
- I humbly apologize for my behavior. Please accept this as payment for your kindness and patience.2012, John Goode, Distant Rumblings, Harmony Ink Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53
- I do hope this is a fair exchange, my story in payment for your kindness.2020, Stephen W. Shanley, “Susanna's Tale”, in Forgotten Stories: In the Shadows of the Son of Man, Resource Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 15
Proper noun capitalized: Payment
Payment (plural Payments)
- A surname from French.
payment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
payment in Hindi
- the act of paying
- भुगतान bhugtān
- a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services
- शुल्क śulk, भुगतान bhugtān
payment in Tamil
- பணங்கட்டல், கொடுத்தல், பணம் செலுத்துதல், வரவு, வருமானம், பண வழங்கீடு
payment in Marathi
- देयक
payment in Urdu
- the act of paying
- ادائیگی adā'īgī
More languagesFewer languages
- payment in Bengali
- প্রদান, পারিশ্রমিক, আদায়, টাকা প্রদান
- payment in Telugu
- చెల్లింపు cellimpu
- payment in Malayalam
- പണം കൊടുക്കൽ, പ്രതിഫലം, ഒടുക്കൽ, വീട്ടൽ
- payment in Kannada
- ಬಟವಾಡೆ, ಸಂದಾಯ, ಪಾವತಿ, ಸಲ್ಲಿಕೆ
- payment in Gujarati
- ચૂકવણી cūkavṇī
- payment in Odia
- ଦେଯ଼, ପେମେଣ୍ଟ
- payment in Nepali
- भुक्तानी, भुक्तान
- payment in Tagalog
- bayaran
- payment in Arabic
- دَفْع dafʕ
- payment in Malay
- pembayaran
- payment in Indonesian
- pembayaran
- payment in Persian
- پرداخت pardâxt
Examples of payment in a sentence
- An advice of an incoming settlement payment order may be given to an off-line receiving bank.
- With revenues down and transfer payments up, the legislature has a full plate.
- In view of your payment record, we are happy to extend further credit to you.
Synonyms of payment
Antonyms
Forms of payment
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | payments |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Payments |
Origin of payment
From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay + -ment.
Variant of French Paiement. This surname is mostly found in Canada.
Words formed from payment
- advance payment
- autopayment
- back payment
- balloon payment
- bullet payment
- copayment
- counter payment
- counter-payment
- counterpayment
- cyberpayment
- dation in payment
- down payment
- e-payment
- equalization payment
- forepayment
- grease payment
- inpayment
- kick payment
- lubrication payment
- make off without payment
- making off without payment
- micropayment
- mispayment
- multipayment
- outpayment
- overpayment
- parachute payment
- payment card
- payment order
- payment schedule
- payment service
- payment terminal
- PITI payment
- pittance payment
- prepayment
- proof of payment
- repayment
- severance payment
- short payment
- stop payment
- taxpayment
- telepayment
- time-payment
- transfer payment
- underpayment
- warrant of payment
Phrases with payment
Words that rhyme with payment
Questions about payment
- What does payment mean?
- Payment means the act of paying.
- What is payment in Hindi?
- Payment in Hindi is भुगतान (bhugtān), शुल्क (śulk). See Payment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is payment?
- Payment can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce payment?
- Payment is pronounced /ˈpeɪmənt/.
- What is the plural of payment?
- The plural of payment is payments.
Words near payment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: payment (page history and authors); Payment (page history and authors); payment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); payment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); payment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); payment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); payment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચૂકવણી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); payment (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); payment (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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