(uncountable) The act of paying. / (countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.

plural of payment

plural of Payment

A surname from French.

(finance) A schedule defining the dates and amounts of payments to be made for a financial instrument such as a bond and a derivative.

(idiomatic, business, ethics, euphemistic) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.

(chiefly US, idiomatic, business, law, ethics) A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.

(finance) Any service provided by a financial institution to allow one person or organization to pay another for a product or service

(law) The agreed discharge of a debt by giving something differing in character from that of the original debt

(economics) A redistribution of income in the market system initiated by a government, such as welfare, social security, etc.