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Webster 1913 Edition
Payment
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Payment
PA'YMENT
,Noun.
1.
The thing given in discharge of a debt or fulfillment of a promise.2.
Reward; recompense.3.
Chastisement; sound beating. [Not used.]Definition 2024
payment
payment
English
Noun
payment (countable and uncountable, plural payments)
- (uncountable) The act of paying.
- (countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- “[…] 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.
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Translations
the act of paying
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a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services
