payment

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From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay +‎ -ment.

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.

Terms derived from payment

the act of paying

Italian: pagamento (it) m
Japanese: 支払い (ja) (しはらい, shiharai), 弁済 (ja) (べんさい, bensai)
Korean: 지불 (ko) (jibul), 변제 (ko) (byeonje)
Latin: pensiō f
Malay: bayaran
Maori: utunga
Norman: paiement m
Persian: پرداخت‎ (fa) (pardâxt)
Polish: zapłata (pl) f, wypłata (pl) f, opłata (pl) f
Portuguese: pagamento (pt)
Romanian: plată (ro) f, plătire (ro)
Russian: платёж (ru) m (platjóž), опла́та (ru) f (opláta), пла́та (ru) f (pláta), упла́та (ru) f (upláta), вы́плата (ru) f (výplata)
Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh m
Slovak: platba f
Slovene: plačilo n
Spanish: pago (es)
Swahili: malipo (sw)
Swedish: betalning (sv) c
Telugu: చెల్లింపు (te) (cellimpu)
Ukrainian: платі́ж m (platíž), пла́та f (pláta)
Welsh: talu (cy) m

a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services