payment

US /ˈpeɪmənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #3971

Meanings

1

noun
An amount of money paid in exchange for goods, services, or to settle a debt.

The bank keeps calling about an overdue payment.
2

noun
The act of paying money.

We accept all forms of payment.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms payments

Derived forms autopaymentcopaymentcounter-paymentcounterpaymentcyberpaymente-paymentforepaymentinpaymentmicropaymentmispaymentmultipaymentoutpayment

Related forms scot

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Etymology

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

Paiement French

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Topics

Personal Finance Money & Finance

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# payment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpeɪmənt/
**Frequency rank:** 3971

## Meanings
1. An amount of money paid in exchange for goods, services, or to settle a debt.
2. The act of paying money.

## Examples
- The bank keeps calling about an overdue payment.
- We accept all forms of payment.

## Derived Forms
- autopayment
- copayment
- counter-payment
- counterpayment
- cyberpayment
- e-payment
- forepayment
- inpayment
- micropayment
- mispayment
- multipayment
- outpayment

## Related Forms
- scot

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Paiement
- Affix: -ment - result

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

## AI Etymology
Payment variant of French Paiement. This surname is mostly found in Canada. Modern senses include an amount of money paid in exchange for goods, services, or to settle a debt and the act of paying money. The wider word family includes derivatives such as autopayment, copayment, counter-payment, counterpayment, cyberpayment, and e-payment and related forms such as scot.

## Topics
- Personal Finance
- Money & Finance

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