English Etymology From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French paiement
Pronunciation enPR : pāʹmənt , IPA (key ) : /ˈpeɪmənt/ Hyphenation: pay‧ment Noun payment (countable and uncountable plural payments
( uncountable ) paying .( countable ) money paid in exchange for goods or services .
1918 W. B. Maxwell , chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment .” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
Synonyms Derived terms
Terms derived from payment
Translations the act of paying
Arabic: دَفْع (ar) m ( dafʕ )
Aromanian: platã f arugã f
Azerbaijani: ödəniş (az)
Basque: ordainketa ordaintze
Belarusian: апла́та f ( apláta ) , пла́та f ( pláta ) , плаце́ж m ( placjéž )
Bulgarian: пла́щане (bg) n ( pláštane )
Catalan: pagament (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 付款 (zh) ( fùkuǎn )
Czech: platba (cs) f
Dutch: betaling (nl) f
Estonian: makse
Finnish: maksu (fi)
French: paiement (fr) m payement (fr) m
Galician: pagamento (gl) m pago (gl) m
Georgian: გადასახადი ( gadasaxadi )
German: Bezahlung (de) f
Greek: πληρωμή (el) f ( pliromí )
Hungarian: fizetés (hu) , kifizetés (hu)
Indonesian: pembayaran (id)
Irish: íocaíocht f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: pagamento (it) m
Japanese: 支払い (ja) ( しはらい, shiharai ) , 弁済 (ja) ( べんさい, bensai )
Korean: 지불 (ko) ( jibul ) , 변제 (ko) ( byeonje )
Latin: pensiō f
Malay: bayaran
Maori: utunga
Norman: paiement m
Persian: پرداخت (fa) ( pardâxt )
Polish: zapłata (pl) f wypłata (pl) f opłata (pl) f
Portuguese: pagamento (pt)
Romanian: plată (ro) f plătire (ro)
Russian: платёж (ru) m ( platjóž ) , опла́та (ru) f ( opláta ) , пла́та (ru) f ( pláta ) , упла́та (ru) f ( upláta ) , вы́плата (ru) f ( výplata )
Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh m
Slovak: platba f
Slovene: plačilo n
Spanish: pago (es)
Swahili: malipo (sw)
Swedish: betalning (sv) c
Telugu: చెల్లింపు (te) ( cellimpu )
Ukrainian: платі́ж m ( platíž ) , пла́та f ( pláta )
Welsh: talu (cy) m
a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services
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