payment B1 Topic:Money & Finance 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 Common collocations immediate payment Adjective + noun punctual payment Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Variant of French Paiement. This surname is mostly found in Canada. Paiement French View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Money & Finance markdown