payment

1. A sum of money paid or a claim discharged (synset 113299398)
   is a type of: cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
   subtypes:

   • royalty - payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
   • bonus, incentive - an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
   • overpayment - a payment larger than needed or expected
   • underpayment - a payment smaller than needed or expected
   • subscription - a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
   • regular payment - a payment made at regular times
   • blood money - paid to a hired murderer
   • recompense - payment or reward (as for service rendered)
   • refund - money returned to a payer
   • conscience money - payment made voluntarily to reduce guilt over dishonest dealings
   • support payment - a payment made by one person for the support of another
   • reward - payment made in return for a service rendered
   • bribe, payoff - payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
   • residual - (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing
   • benefit - financial assistance in time of need
   • lump sum - a complete payment consisting of a single sum of money
   • final payment, payoff - the final payment of a debt
   • remission, remitment, remittal, remittance - a payment of money sent to a person in another place
   • quittance, repayment - payment of a debt or obligation
   • token payment - a small payment made in acknowledgement of an obligation
   • penalty - a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
   • pittance - an inadequate payment
   • insurance premium, premium - payment for insurance
   • installment - a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals
   • deposit, down payment - a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
   • satisfaction - (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation
   • credit, deferred payment - arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
   • cash, immediate payment - prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check
2. The act of paying money (synset 101122769)
   is a type of: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
   subtypes:

   • amortisation, amortization - payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
   • fee splitting - payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral
   • overpayment - the act of paying too much
   • prepayment - payment in advance
   • ransom - payment for the release of someone
   • refund, repayment - the act of returning money received previously
   • remuneration - the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
   • rendering - giving in acknowledgment of obligation
   • disbursal, disbursement, outlay, spending - the act of spending or disbursing money
   • tribute - payment by one nation for protection by another
   • underpayment - the act of paying less than required
   same as: defrayal, defrayment
3. An act of requiting;
   Returning in kind (synset 101237702)
   is a type of: getting even, paying back, return - a reciprocal group action
   same as: requital

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