payment :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a sum of money paid

n. the act of paying money

n. something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

n. a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working

n. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

n. compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

n. the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

n. compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses"

n. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"

n. income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity"

n. a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public; "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence"

n. a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose

n. a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)

n. money paid out

n. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"

n. a justly deserved penalty

n. the act of spending money for goods or services

n. loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid