Payment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Payment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Payment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
payment n a sum of money paid or a claim discharged [ant: default, nonpayment, nonremittal] the act of paying money Synonym(s): payment, defrayal, defrayment Antonym(s): evasion, nonpayment an act of requiting; returning in kind Synonym(s): requital, payment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Payment \Pay"ment\, n. [F. payment, paiement. See {Pay} to requite.] 1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. --Bacon. 2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return. --Shak. 3. Punishment; chastisement. [R.]