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Definition: Presentment |
PresentmentNoun1. An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative. 2. A document that must be accepted and paid by another person. 3. The act of presenting something; "he gave the customer a demonstration". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "presentment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Synonyms: PresentmentSynonyms: demonstration (n), notification (n), presentation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Giving | Noun: giving; Verb: bestowal, bestowment, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award. |
Information | Communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqu_; representation, round robin, presentment. |
Lawsuit | Citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation; presentment, true bill, indictment. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Presentment |
| Specialty definitions using "presentment": Trite Expressions. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Inquests of novel disseisin, of mort d'ancestor, and of darrein presentment shall not be held elsewhere than in their own county courts, and that in manner following; We, or, if we should be out of the realm, our chief justiciar, will send two justiciaries through every county four times a year, who shall alone with four knights of the county chosen by the county, hold the said assizes in the county court, on the day and in the place of meeting of that court. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | With the emergence of integrated global logistics strategies, Taiwan firms continue to follow the lead of major foreign firms in deploying automated enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), electronic data interchange over Internet (EOI), sales force automation (SFA), data mining and warehousing, demand chain management (DCM), on-line procurement systems, electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP), enterprise application integration (EAI), distribution channel management (DCM), maintenance repair operation (MRO) and data analysis. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Presentment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Presentment" is used about 4 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) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "presentment": presentment of a bill of exchange. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
electronic bill presentment | 16 |
electronic check presentment | 13 |
electronic payment invoice presentment | 13 |
electronic bill payment and presentment | 7 |
bill presentment | 6 |
electronic payment presentment | 5 |
presentment | 3 |
charge presentment | 2 |
bill ebpp electronic payment presentment provider solution | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "presentment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përshkrim (commentary, delineation, depiction, description, portrait, portraiture, profile, recital, write up), shfaqje (apparition, appearance, demonstration, display, emergence, emersion, exhibition, manifestation, parade, presentation, profession, raree show, reveal, screening, sellout, shew, show, showing, theatricals), deklaratë e jurisë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обрисовка (depiction, portraiture), предчувствуващ (anticipant, presentiant), изложение (aspect, exhibition, exposition, exposure, fair, memorial, position, prospect, relation, representation, showing), изпълнение на роля (impersonation, personation, portrayal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 表现 (Behave, Behaved, Behaving, Performance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | představení (introduction, performance, play, presentation, representation, show), obraz (canvas, drawing, image, painting, picture, piece, reflex, representation, scene, view). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | verkkolasku (e-billing, electronic bill presentment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | facturation électronique (electronic bill presentment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Darstellung (account, acting, depiction, description, embodiment, figure, phantom, picture, portrayal, presentation, representation, schema, statement, version). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έκθεση κατηγορίασ, παράσταση (performance, presentation, production, remonstrance, remonstration, representation, show), παρουσίαση (appearance, presentation, production). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bemutatás (array, demonstration, display, introduction, presentation, production, setout, show, showing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rappresentazione (acting, performance, presentation, representation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esentmentpray representação (acting, description, personation, portrayal, remonstrance, rendering, representation), quadro (board, cadre, chart, frame, image, index, paint, painting, picture, scene, screen, skyscape, tableau, tablet, tabulation), exibição em cena, ato de apresentar, apresentação (appearance, cover page, exhibit, exhibition, gig, introduction, lodgement, lodgment, presentation, production, putting, submission). (various references) prezentare (adduction, description, development, exhibit, exhibition, introduction, present, presentation), spectacol (a grand sight, entertainment, performance, play, scene, show, sight, spectacle), reprezentaţie (representation), expunere (account, delivery, display, exhibit, exhibition, explanation, exposing, exposition, exposure, recital, relation, speech, statement), descriere (delineation, depiction, description, portraiture, portrayal, relation, representation, sketch). (various references) заявление (allegation, application, application blank, declaration, deliverance, outgiving, plea, profession, pronouncement, protestation, statement), изложение (narration, narrative, recital, recitals, recitation). (various references) predstavljanje (correspondence, impersonation, presentation, rendering, representation). (various references) presentación (accession, appearance, coming-out, debut, delivery, display, filing, introduction, launch, parade, presentation, presenting, production, promotion, putting, showing), representación (concert, depiction, performance, personation, picture, portrayal, presentation, rendering, representation), reclamación (claim, complaint, demand, reclamation), descripción de (profile, sketch), declaración del jurado. (various references) framställning (account, delivery, depiction, description, exposé, exposition, extraction, interpretation, making, manufacturing, narration, personation, petition, picture, production, proposal, rendering, representation, request, style), överlämnande (consignment, deliverance, delivery, presentation). (various references) temsil (acting, representation, stage play), sunuş (feature, offering, presentation, submission, submittal), sergileme (array, display, execution, exhibition, exposition, exposure, performing, presentation), senet çıkarma, sahneye koyma (presentation, staging), oyun (act, acting, canard, dance, device, frolic, game, hoax, performance, play, representation, spectacle, sport, stage play, trick, wheeze), jüri raporu. (various references) вистава (big time, dramatics, performance, playacting, program, programme, spectacle), виклад (development, presentation, recitation, rendering, showing, statement), зображення (depiction, description, effigy, icon, ikon, image, impersonation, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, prefiguration, reflex, representation, resemblance, simulacrum, video), пред'явлення (presentation, production, submission), показ (demonstration, display, exhibit, exposition, layout, parade, show). (various references) sự miêu tả (depiction), sự biểu thị (denotation, denotement), cách trình b y (design, lay-out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "presentment": presentments. (additional references) | |
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"Presentment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: praenomen, presentement. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "presentment" (pronounced prēze"ntmunt) |
| 8 | -z e" n t m u n t | resentment. |
| 7 | -e" n t m u n t | contentment. |
| 6 | -n t m u n t | appointment, disappointment, disenchantment, enchantment, ointment, reappointment. |
| 5 | -t m u n t | abatement, adjustment, allotment, apartment, assortment, commitment, compartment, comportment, department, deportment, disinvestment, divestment, enactment, enlistment, excitement, incitement, indictment, investment, maltreatment, misstatement, mistreatment, overstatement, readjustment, recruitment, reenactment, reinstatement, reinvestment, restatement, statement, treatment, understatement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, appeasement, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, complement, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, deployment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, encampment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, inclement, increment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, realignment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resettlement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, 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 "e-e-e-m-n-n-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: resentment. | |
-2 letters: entremets, tenements. | |
-3 letters: ententes, pentenes, preteens, pretense, tempters, tenement, terpenes. | |
-4 letters: entente, entrees, meeters, netters, penners, penster, pentene, pertest, petters, premeet, present, preteen, pretest, remeets, rennets, repents, retenes, serpent, steepen, steeper, teemers, teeners, teeters, tempers, tempest, tempter, tenners, tenters, terpene. | |
-5 letters: emeers, enters, entree, esteem, eterne, meeter, merest, mestee, meters, metres, nester, netter. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-m-n-n-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: presentiment, presentments. | |
+2 letters: presentiments. | |
+3 letters: presentimental. | |
+4 letters: intemperateness. | |
+5 letters: experimentations. | |
| 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 72 65 73 65 6E 74 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . ... . -. - -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e s e n t m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0073 0065 006E 0074 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5084718571808679718086 |
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