payment

payment
n
1. remuneration, compensation, reimbursement; remittance, installment, handsel, Insurance. premium; settlement, liquidation, quittance, discharge, reckoning; refund, rebate.
2. expenditure, outlay, disbursement, expense; defrayal, contribution, share, ante, stake; advance, deposit, discount, Inf. up front, retainer, Law. earnest or earnest money; fee, charge, Hist. scot, tribute, rent, fine, penalty.
3. allowance, maintenance, alimony; subsidy, grant, subvention; pension, annuity; relief, alms, dole, handout, U.S. welfare.
4. requital, redress, repayment; satisfaction, amends, retribution, expiation; indemnification, indemnity, damages, Law. solatium; reward, deserts, due.
5. retaliation, reprisal, vengeance; punishment, chastening, Inf. comeuppance, due, what's coming to one.
6. money, cash, cold cash, Sl. the green stuff, Sl. spondulicks, Sl. shekels.
7. wages, salary, pay. See pay(def. 7).

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