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Payment Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Payment has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

"The court ordered an immediate payment to settle the outstanding medical debt from last year."

2

the act of paying money

3

an act of requiting; returning in kind

4

The act of paying.

In plain English: A payment is money that you give to someone to buy something or pay for a service.

"He waited in line to make his payment for the new car."

Usage: Use "payment" to refer specifically to the money or goods given in exchange for a service or product, rather than the abstract act of paying. It often appears in contexts like "make a payment" or "method of payment."

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from French​.

Example Sentences
"He waited in line to make his payment for the new car." noun
Related Terms
money tax rent bill giving giving money pay bills cash due transaction paid exchange monthly give reward cost charge paying mortgage
Antonyms
default evasion
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cost commerce return
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
royalty bonus overpayment underpayment subscription regular payment blood money recompense refund conscience money support payment reward bribe residual benefit lump sum payoff remittance repayment token payment penalty pittance premium installment down payment satisfaction credit cash amortization fee splitting prepayment ransom remuneration rendering spending tribute

Origin

The word payment comes from Old French and originally meant an act of paying. It entered English as a noun formed by adding the suffix -ment to the verb pay.

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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