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payment

noun
/ˈpeɪmənt/

Etymology

Variant of French Paiement. This surname is mostly found in Canada.

  1. derived from paiement

Definitions

  1. The act of paying.

  2. An instance of that act

    An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.

    • 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.

  3. A surname from French.

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Derived

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, taxpayment · +5 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at payment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01payment02transaction03business04industrial05manufacturing06finished07processed08manufacture09goods10freight

A definitional loop anchored at payment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at payment

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA