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Definitions: Payment |
PaymentNoun1. A sum of money paid. 2. The act of paying money. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "payment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Payment \Pay"ment\, noun. [French expression payment, paiement. See Pay to requite.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | A)transfer of funds in any form between two parties; b)card transaction that results in the transfer of funds in exchange for the provision of goods or services. Source: European Union. (references) |
| That which is paid. The sum of money or other item(s) of value that is transferred from one party to another. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| PA | English | Payment appropriations | European Union, Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PaymentSynonyms: defrayal (n), defrayment (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nonpayment (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Debt | Arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency; (nonpayment); bad debt. |
Expenditure | Payment; pay; (remuneration); bribe; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation;. |
Nonpayment | Verb: not pay; fail, break, stop payment; become insolvent, become bankrupt; be gazetted. |
Protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment. | |
Payment | Verb: pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind. |
Noun: payment, defrayment; discharge; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement. | |
Reward | Allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta, shot, scot; bonus, premium, tip; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi, dustoori; mileage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Payment |
| English words defined with "payment": deferred payment, disability payment, down payment ♦ final payment ♦ immediate payment ♦ order of payment ♦ regular payment ♦ stop payment, support payment ♦ token payment. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "payment": backwage payment, balloon payment ♦ constant payment ♦ Documents Against Payment, Documents Upon Payment ♦ giving in payment ♦ Indemnity payment ♦ level payment mortgage ♦ Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ♦ obtaining a service without payment ♦ payment in kind, Payment limitation, Payment quantity, Physician Payment Review Commission, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission ♦ Small Hog Operation Payment, stop payment order ♦ transfer of something in lieu of payment. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "payment": Dunner ♦ Guild ♦ Octogild ♦ supererogation ♦ Ungeld. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | , I think you should establish a good line of credit, like how you got your couch, payment plans, remember how your mother brought in $10 for a year and she finally got her couch Renaissance style? (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck) So, it's better than no letter at all! So they want the third payment on the Plymouth. (Stalag 17; writing credit: Donald Bevan; Edmund Trzcinski) Of course I stopped payment on the plugs, you gave me dog hair! (Edtv; writing credit: Émile Gaudreault; Sylvie Bouchard) I was instructed to inform you that if a substantial payment is not made, there could be dire consequences. (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: John Sayles) It is their payment Colonel. (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt) | |
Lyrics | Condo paid for, no car payment ("Hypnotize"; performing artist: The Notorious B.I.G.) | |
Clever | The best way to get back on your feet: Miss a car payment. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Payment in Kind (1967) No Down Payment (1957) Payment on Demand (1951) I Demand Payment (1938) Payment Deferred (1932) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Another shellfishermen unloads his catch at the dock where volunteers weigh the hard shell clams to determine payment for the fishermen and to determine total weight of the transfers to the spawner sanctuaries.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Receipt for $250.00 as payment for Negro man, January 20, 1840.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chairman of Cornish machinery cooperative handing over check to dealer in payment of ensilage harvester. Preston, Idaho.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rehabilitation supervisor signing receipt for payment of loan. Smithfield, North Carolina.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A good cotton crop helped this rehabilitation client make a substantial payment on his loan. Smithfield, North Carolina.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Marcus Miller and family in shack that he built himself. Spencer, Iowa. This is half the house. Miller is a hired hand who has managed to save enoughh to make a part payment on seven and a half acres of land. However, he is most anxious to get steady work.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Part of Bull tract near Marysville, California. Houses set on half and one acre lot are sold to workers who build their houses on them. No payment on principal are made for the first four years; interest payments start at three percent and go up to six pe.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Part of Bull tract near Marysville, California. Houses set on half and one acre lot are sold to workers who build their houses on them. No payment on principal are made for the first four years; interest payments start at three percent and go up to six pe.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Uncle Sam needs money as well as men--Join the Liberty Loan partial payment plan [...] at any bank.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Henry David Thoreau | For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it. |
Lord Byron | Alas! how deeply painful is all payment! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | All counties, hundred, wapentakes, and trithings (except our demesne manors) shall remain at the old rents, and without any additional payment. (reference) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2027 | The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his "natural superiors," and has left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous "cash payment." It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | This substitution shall not entail any payment on the part of the French State. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Check with your insurance plan about payment for these services. (references) | |
At a minimum, there is a strong need to adopt some method of payment that accurately reflects the actual risks of those enrolled. (references) | ||
Access to needed long-term rehabilitation may be jeopardized by changes in payment methods for private insurance and public programs. (references) | ||
Business | Demand for advance payment may kill a sale. (references) | |
Foreign suppliers dictate the terms for payment. (references) | ||
These products are charged as out-of-pocket payment. (references) | ||
Children | Uganda | Cases frequently were reported in newspapers, but a payment to the girl's parents often ended the matter. (references) |
Costa Rica | The children were given cocaine and marijuana before they were exploited, and they were to receive about $21 (5,000 colones) payment for having sex with pedophiles. (references) | |
Afghanistan | Many boys also were being educated in home schools because of administrative problems in the Taliban-run schools, including problems in the payment of teachers' salaries. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iceland | For individuals who are not registered as belonging to a religious organization, or who belong to one that is not registered and recognized officially by the Government, the tax payment goes to the University of Iceland, a secular institution. (references) |
Azerbaijan | The finances of most independent and opposition papers were precarious and they had increasing problems meeting their wage and tax payment obligations. (references) | |
Peru | The Freedom of Conscience Institute (PROLIBCO), an NGO that favors strict separation between church and state and opposes the preferential treatment accorded to the Catholic religion, claims that the Government discriminates against non-Catholic groups by requiring payment of import duties and a sales tax on Bibles brought into the country. (references) | |
Economic History | Colombia | Certain postal shipments (correspondence, postcards, and printed materials) are exempt from licensing requirements and payment of duties. (references) |
Colombia | Several cases exist in which U.S. firms have won arbitration awards, but have seen the loser try to avoid or at least delay payment by seeking to nullify the award in Colombia's court system. (references) | |
South Africa | Such restrictions apply to 'affected persons' - companies or other bodies in which (1) 75 percent or more of the capital assets or earnings may be used for payment to, or for the benefit of, a non-resident, or (2) 75 percent or more of the voting securities, voting power, power of control, capital, assets or earnings are vested in, or controlled by, any non-resident. (references) | |
Human Rights | Indonesia | Corruption is a common feature of the legal system, and the payment of bribes can influence prosecution, conviction, and sentencing in civil and criminal cases. (references) |
China | Recipients report paying various amounts for the transplants, and some have reported that treatment may be terminated or delayed for a lack of funds or a delay in payment. (references) | |
Colombia | In March 2000, the FARC announced "Law 002," which required persons with more than $1 million in assets to volunteer payment to the FARC or risk detention. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | The fund is a separate initiative from the Native Title Tribunal, that is, the fund is not for payment of compensation to indigenous people for loss of land or to titleholders for return of land to indigenous people. (references) |
Paraguay | Low wages, long work hours, infrequent payment (or nonpayment) of wages, job insecurity, lack of access to social security benefits, and racial discrimination are common. (references) | |
Minorities | Czech Republic | Twelve persons were convicted in November 2000 and given suspended sentences ranging from 4 months to 2 years; the judge indicated in his verdict that the defendant's youth and voluntary payment of partial compensation were factors in his decision to impose reduced sentences. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | It included items such as: Increased SPLA control over NGO interaction with local communities; SPLA control over the planning and distribution of humanitarian assistance; a requirement to work "in accordance with SPLA objectives" rather than solely humanitarian principles; the payment of "security fees;" and additional fees for services, including charges for the landing of aircraft carrying humanitarian aid and for NGO movement within SPLA-held areas. (references) |
ECUADOR | In October 1999, Ecuador also failed to meet a coupon payment on its Eurobonds. (references) | |
PANAMA | The law modernizes copyright protection in Panama, provides for payment of royalties, facilitates the prosecution of copyright violators, protects computer software, and makes copyright infringement a felony. (references) | |
Political Rights | Tunisia | For the 1999 elections, the Government provided public financing to political parties, as called for in legislation adopted in 1997. Under the legislation, each party represented in the Chamber of Deputies received an annual public subsidy of approximately $42,000 (60,000 dinars), plus an additional payment of $3,500 (5,000 dinars) per deputy. (references) |
Tanzania | In 2000 local authorities forced persons attempting to register to vote in Mwanza to provide documentary proof that they had paid local government taxes before they allowed them to register, even though there is no legal requirement for voters to prove payment of taxes to register. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | Candidates were required to submit petitions with 170,000 signatures, to pass a Kazakh-language test, and to make a nonrefundable payment of approximately $30,000 (2.4 million Tenge). (references) | |
Trade | Italy | Italian firms indicate that some American suppliers are too rigid in their payment terms and have thus lost business to other suppliers because of their rigidity. (references) |
Hungary | A permit for deferred payment of customs duty may be granted by the central customs agency for applicants that are considered to be reliable for customs purposes. (references) | |
Guatemala | Tel (502) 331-6102 and Fax: (502) 332-4011, offer exemption from payment of all duties and taxed (except employer social security contributions). (references) | |
Travel | Turkey | The rental of a good quality apartment in a popular area of a city, with payment usually made in a foreign currency. (references) |
West Bank | Most doctors and hospitals expect immediate cash payment for services. (references) | |
Thailand | An importer can use the letter of guarantee as a substitute to the import entry form and the payment guarantee . The importer must complete the carnet import/re-export document and submit it to Customs officers at Thailand's port of entry . The Customs officers will inspect the goods, keep a copy of the import entry form and return the carnet book to the importer . If the goods are not taken out within the period of time stated in the contract, the guarantor will have to pay duty, a 10 percent penalty, and any applicable fees . For further information, please contact the Privilege Goods and Investment Promotion Sub-Division tel: (662) 249-4150, fax: (662) 249-4212. (references) | |
Women | Indonesia | There is no enforcement mechanism for alimony payment, and according to Shari'a, a divorced wife is entitled to only 3 months of alimony, and even alimony for this brief period is not always granted. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | In doing so, men are required to pay immediately an amount of money agreed upon at the time of the marriage, which serves as a one-time alimony payment. (references) | |
Central African Republic | In practice many couples never marry formally because men cannot afford the traditional bride payment. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Japan | In recent years, the Government has reported that some smugglers use killings and abduction to ensure payment. (references) |
Lebanon | Trade unions attempt to ensure the payment of minimum wages in both the public sector and the large-scale private sector. (references) | |
Haiti | The assembly sector published a voluntary code of conduct in 1999, committing signatories to a number of measures designed to raise industry standards, including payment of the minimum wage and the prohibition of child labor. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | But it ought to be conducted without fraud, without extortion, with constant and plentiful supplies, with a ready market for the commodities of the Indians and a stated price for what they give in payment and receive in exchange. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | By allowing each party to participate in the transportation of such supplies on the payment of equal tonnage a strong proof was afforded of an accommodating spirit. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Such measures as are within the power of the Executive have been taken to ascertain the value of the stock and procure the payment as early as possible. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I will continue to press for tuition tax credits to expand opportunities for families and to soften the double payment for those paying public school taxes and private school tuition. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | My balanced budget makes a down payment toward that goal. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Payment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.85% of the time. "Payment" is used about 5,252 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.85% | 5,244 | 1,866 |
| Noun (common) | 0.11% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.04% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,252 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "payment" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Payment | Last name | 170 | 45,958 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Global Payment Technologies, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "payment": additional payment ♦ advance maintenance payment ♦ advance payment ♦ anticipate payment ♦ arrears in payment ♦ authorization to make payment ♦ backwage payment ♦ balance of payment information from customer message ♦ be behind with one's payment ♦ blended payment ♦ cash payment ♦ cessation of payment of premiums ♦ Clearing House Automated Payment System ♦ commission payment ♦ date for payment ♦ date of payment ♦ date of payment of interest ♦ debt payment ♦ default of payment ♦ defer payment ♦ deferment of payment ♦ deferred payment ♦ delay in payment ♦ delay of payment ♦ delay payment ♦ delaying payment ♦ delivery against payment ♦ direct payment valuation message ♦ disability payment ♦ down payment ♦ effect payment ♦ electronic fare payment ♦ enforce payment of ♦ final payment ♦ franked payment ♦ giving in payment ♦ immediate payment ♦ indemnity payment ♦ insurance premium payment message ♦ interest on deferred payment ♦ interest payment ♦ interstate payment ♦ justified payment request message ♦ last day for payment ♦ lump payment ♦ make a payment in part ♦ manner of payment ♦ means of payment ♦ medicare payment ♦ Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ♦ method of payment ♦ monthly payment ♦ net payment ♦ non payment ♦ obtaining a service without payment ♦ order of payment ♦ overdue payment ♦ part payment ♦ payment bill ♦ payment by anticipation ♦ payment by installments ♦ payment by instalments ♦ payment by results ♦ payment by the day ♦ payment by the job ♦ payment for honour ♦ payment in advance ♦ payment in cash ♦ payment in full ♦ payment in installments ♦ payment in instalments ♦ payment in kind ♦ payment instruction details ♦ payment liability ♦ payment obligations ♦ payment of an installment ♦ payment of duty ♦ payment of interest ♦ payment on account ♦ payment on deferred terms ♦ payment order ♦ payment plan ♦ payment rate ♦ payment schedule ♦ payment slip ♦ periodic payment ♦ Physician Payment Review Commission ♦ piece payment ♦ place of payment ♦ present a cheque for payment ♦ press for payment ♦ promise of payment ♦ prompt payment ♦ Prospective Payment Assessment Commission ♦ Prospective Payment System ♦ ransom payment ♦ rate of payment ♦ record a payment ♦ redemption payment ♦ redundance payment ♦ redundancy payment. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "payment": payment-by-payment, payment-by-results, payment-in-kind. | |
Ending with "payment": down-payment, non-payment, part-payment, pre-payment, weekly-payment. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "payment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pagim (defrayal, disbursement, pay, payout, reimbursement), pagesë (carfare, charge, compensation, consideration, cost, fare, fee, honorarium, pay, quittance, remuneration, salary, wage), shumë e paguar (disbursement), shpërblim (bonus, compensation, consideration, desert, deserts, guerdon, honor, honorarium, honour, kudos, meed, pay, premium, recompense, recoupment, remuneration, render, reparations, repayment, requital, return, reward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مكافأة (consideration, hay, incentive, pay, pay off, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, reward, rewarding), تسديد الديون, جزاء (pay, penalty, recompense, requital, retribution, sanction), دفعة (batch, class, impulse, installment, instalment, pay), دفع مال (installment, instalment, pay), دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възнаграждение (compensation, consideration, emolument, guerdon, pay, payoff, premium, remuneration, return, reward, wage), възмездие (comeuppance, judgement, judgment, nemesis, pay, payoff, requital, restitution, retribution, reward, wage), вноска (fee, installment, instalment), наказание (amercement, award, castigation, discipline, gruel, infliction, judgement, judgment, pain, pay, penalty, plague, punishment, rap, requital, retribution), награда (award, hay, hire, meed, payoff, premium, prize, requital, reward), заплащане (pay, payout, remuneration, wage), плащане (compensation, defrayal, defrayment, disbursement, dues, fee, pay, remuneration, render), платена сума, платежен (pay), платеж, изплащане (disbursement, discharge, liquidation, repayment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 付款 (pay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | platba (remittance), plat (fee, income, pay, remuneration, screw), placení (defrayal, pay), výplata (pay, payoff, salary, wage packet), splátka (installment, instalment, repayment), honorář (honorarium, royalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | betaling (pay, remuneration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | afbetaling (acquittal, full payment, installment payment, instalment, payment by installments, progress payment), betaling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | pago, finpago (full payment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | gjald. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پول (Deposit, Gold, Lucre, Money, Muck, Purse, Remittance, Rhino, Specie), پرداخت (Disburse, Disbursement, Expenditure, Glaze, Outlay, Pay, Payoff, Polish, Remitment, Remittance, Rendition, Settlement), کارسازی , قسط, وجه (Face, Form, Mode, Mood), تادیه (Remittance, Solution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuittaus (acknowledge, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, acquittance, discharge, receipt, receipt notification, receive acknowledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | versement (cash payment, payments), paiement (payoff), remboursement (payback, payoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | beteljen, ôfbetelling (acquittal, full payment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bezahlung (acquittance, contributation, discharge, pay, receipt, remuneration, settlement), Zahlung (capitation, defrayal, donation), vergütung (abatement, allowance, blooming, coating, compensation, credit, discount, emolument, perquisite, price, rebate, recompense, refund, refunding, reimbursement, remuneration, salary, tempering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πληρωμή (defrayment, outgo, pay, pay off, payoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפרע" (advance, on account), תשלום (charge, completion, disbursement, fee, offset, pay, retribution, reward), שכר (earnings, fare, fee, pay, profit, remuneration, reward, salary, wage), פרעון (settlement), 'מול (bereft, earnings, offset, recompense, repayment, requital, retaliation, retribution, reward, wage, weanling), סלוק (clearance, clearing, departure, removal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fizetség (emoluments, pay, reckoning, remuneration), fizetés (earnings, emoluments, exhibition, fee, hire, improver, military pay, pay, salary, stipend, wage), tiszteletdíj (emoluments, honorarium, professional fee, royalty), bér (hire, lease, pay, rental, wage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penyetoran (depositing), penunaian (fulfillment, settlement), pembayaran (disbursement, paying, remittance), bayaran (for pay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pagamento (acquittal, acquittance, defrayal, disbursement, discharge, full, full payment, inpayment, repayment, settlement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 給付金 , 納金 , 納入 (supply), 納付 (supply), ペーパー電 (double glazing, dragon boat, pain clinic, paint, pair, pair occupation, pair skating, pairing, pair-oar, pair-wise, paper cell, parent, pavement, pavement artist, pay, pay bridge, payday, payload specialist, pear, Pegasus, per, races with such boats, unmarried couple living together), 払い (account, bill), "給 (allowance), "払い , "払 , "弁 (defrayal, disbursement), 弁済 (settlement), 入金 (deposit, money due, money received), 出金 (contribution, financing, investment, withdrawal), 代金 (charge, cost, price, the bill, the money). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ペイメント , しきゅう (a walk, allowance, base on balls, Emperor's coffin, four balls, hit a batter by pitching a ball, pressing, urgent, uterus, womb), しべ" (defrayal, disbursement, speculation, very convenient), きゅうふき", しゅっき" (at work, contribution, financing, going to work, investment, withdrawal), しはらい, べ"さい (eloquence, oratorical talent, settlement), のうき", のうふ (farm woman, peasant, supply), のうにゅう (supply), にゅうき" (deposit, money due, money received), はらい (account, bill, exorcism, purification), いき" (charge, cost, price, the bill, the money). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 지불 (Paying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | pembayaran, upah, bayaran. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | leagh (consideration, cost, fee, price, recompense, renumeration, reward, valuation, worth), eeckys (instalment), eeck (clear off debt, pay, pay for, pay off, pay out, remittance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | pago. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aymentpay pagamento (comeback, defrayal, defrayment, discharge, pay, repayment, requital, satisfaction, settling). (various references) pagamento. (various references) platã (anticipation, charge, check, custom, defrayal, disbursement, discharge, due, fee, hire, offset, pay, pay off, price, reward, wages), plãţi, pedeapsã (calamity, castigation, chastisement, cuss, discipline, imposition, lag, pain, pedate, penalty, penance, performance, plague, punishment, retribution, rod, sanction, trouble), vãrsãmânt (installment), sumã de platã, retribuire (emolument, remuneration), rãsplatã (bestowal, desert, guerdon, payola, price, prize, recompense, requital, retribution, return, reward, wage), amortizare (amortization, damping, liquidation), amortisment. (various references) платеж. (various references) p igheadh (pay, paying). (various references) plaćanje (defrayal), uplata, otplata (credit, part payment), naplata, isplata (allowance, disbursement, payoff, payout, quittance), isplaćivanje (reimbursement). (various references) pago (acquittal, acquittance, area, country, defrayal, defrayment, deliverance, discharge, dividend, divvy, do I pay, estate, f, fee, indemnification, installment, instalment, named locality, named place, pay out, paying, payoff, price, property, region, repayment, settlement, settling, village, wage, zone). (various references) payman (debt). (various references) likvid (liquid, settlement), betalning (acquittal, acquittance, charge, compensation, discharge, liquidation, pay, redemption), utbetalning (consignation, disbursement, payoff). (various references) kabayarán, bayad, báyad. (various references) 'aufaura'a. (various references) masraf (charge, cost, damage, disbursement, drain, drain on the purse, expenditure, expense, outgo, outlay), karşılık (answer, as against, bargain, consideration, counter, counterbalance, counterpart, counterweigh, equivalent, offset, payoff, provision, provisions, quid pro quo, quittance, reciprocation, recompense, remuneration, repayment, reply, requital, response, return, reward, riposte, wages), harcama (consumption, expenditure, expense, outgo, outlay, spending), ücret (charge, dues, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, honorarium, pay, rate, remuneration, salary, stipend, terms, wage, wage rate, wages), ödeme (atonement, clearance, conciliation, disbursement, discharge, inpayment, pay, payoff, redemption, redress, remuneration, rendering, repayment, satisfaction, settlement). (various references) wznos (r) (fee), tцleg, salgyt (tribute). (various references) винагорода (amends, compensation, gratification, indemnification, recompense, remunerating, remuneration, requital), покарання (castigation, chastisement, correction, judgement, judgment, mulct, penalty, punishment), плата (appointment, capitation, pay). (various references) việc thưởng phạt, sự trả tiền (pay-out, shot), sự nộp tiền. (various references) taliad, taledigaeth (recompense), ta+l (end, forehead, pay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | erogatio, inpendia, inpendiis, pensio, pensitationes, resolutionis, solutionem, tributum. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | sceatt. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | pension. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 11, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AsebhV poiei erga adika sperma de dikaiwn misqoV alhqeiaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Impius facit opus instabile seminanti autem iustitiam merces fidelis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The vnpitouse maketh werc vnstable; to the sowende forsothe riytwisnesse feithfull mede. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 11, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang mga dautan nagadawat sa limbong nga mga suhol; Apan kadtong nagapugas ug pagkamatarung may balus nga siguro. |
| Croatian | Opak èovjek pribavlja isprazan dobitak, a tko sije pravdu, ima sigurnu nagradu. |
| Danish | Den gudløse skaber kun skuffende Vinding, hvo Retfærd sår, får virkelig Løn. |
| Dutch | De goddeloze doet een vals werk; maar voor dengene, die gerechtigheid zaait, is trouwe loon. |
| Finnish | Jumalaton hankkii pettäväistä voittoa, mutta joka vanhurskautta kylvää, saa pysyvän palkan. |
| French | Le méchant fait un gain trompeur, Mais celui qui sème la justice a un salaire véritable. |
| German | Der Gottlosen Arbeit wird fehlschlagen; aber wer Gerechtigkeit sät, das ist gewisses Gut. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Mechan yo kwè y'ap fè benefis. Men, moun k'ap fè sa ki dwat yo toujou jwenn rekonpans yo. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Keuntungan orang jahat adalah keuntungan semu, keuntungan orang yang berbuat baik adalah keuntungan yang sejati. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun orang jahat itu berbuat pekerjaan yang sia-sia, tetapi orang yang menyemaikan kebenaran itu akan mendapat pahala yang tertentu. |
| Italian | L'empio realizza profitti fallaci, ma per chi semina la giustizia il salario è sicuro. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te mahi a te tangata kino e utua ana ki te teka: ko te utu ia mo te kaiwhakatakoto i te tika, u rawa. |
| Norwegian | Den ugudelige vinner en lønn som svikter, men den som sår rettferdighet, får en lønn som varer. |
| Rumanian | Cel rqu dobkndewte un ckwtig knwelqtor, dar cel ce samqnq neprihqnirea are o adevqratq platq. - |
| Russian | оЕЮЕУФЙЧЩК "ЕМБЕФ "ЕМП ОЕОБ"ЕЦОПЕ, Б УЕАЭЕНХ ТБЧ"Х--ОБЗТБ"Б ЧЕТОБС. |
| Spanish | El impío logra salario falso, pero el que siembra justicia tendrá verdadera recompensa. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "payment": payments. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "payment": copayment, nonpayment, overpayment, prepayment, repayment, underpayment. (additional references) | |
Words containing "payment": copayments, nonpayments, overpayments, prepayments, repayments, underpayments. (additional references) | |
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"Payment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aymante, haymanot, pamen, Pamment, Pamyet, payement, paymant, perment, plaimant, Pynsent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "payment" (pronounced pā"munt) |
| 6 | p ā" m u n t | copayment, nonpayment, prepayment, repayment. |
| 5 | -ā" m u n t | claimant, embayment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-p-t-y" | |
-1 letter: tympan. | |
-2 letters: ament, empty, etyma, matey, meant, meany, meaty, menta, panty, paten, peaty, yamen, yenta. | |
-3 letters: amen, ante, etna, mane, many, mate, mean, meat, meta, myna, name, nape, neap, neat, nema, pane, pant, pate, paty, pean, peat, pent, tame, tamp, tape, team, temp, tepa, tyne, type, yean. | |
-4 letters: amp, ane, ant, any, ape, apt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: payments. | |
+2 letters: copayment, pantrymen, repayment, tympanies. | |
+3 letters: copayments, nonpayment, pigmentary, prepayment, repayments, tryptamine, tympanites. | |
+4 letters: amylopectin, hymenoptera, impatiently, nonpayments, overpayment, permanently, prepayments, synaptosome, trypanosome, tryptamines. | |
+5 letters: amylopectins, appendectomy, compensatory, complacently, contemporary, hymenopteran, impenetrably, intercompany, overpayments, parenchymata, pinealectomy, pneumaticity, pneumatology, synaptosomes, trypanosomes, underpayment. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 79 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- -.--. -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01111001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a y m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0079 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50679179718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Orthography 26. Bibliography |
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