payment

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payment /ˈpeɪmənt/ noun

plural payments

payment

/ˈpeɪmənt/

noun

plural payments

Learner's definition of PAYMENT

[noncount]

a : the act of giving money for something : the act of paying付款；支付

Payment is due on the first of every month.付款期限是每月1號。
Prompt payment of your bill ensures that you will not have to pay any additional fees.及時支付賬單能夠確保不用支付額外費用。
We require payment in advance for all goods purchased.購買任何商品，我們均要求提前付款。
an online/electronic payment system在線/電子支付系統
a payment plan to reduce your debt幫你減少債務的支付計劃
He was released from prison on payment of [=after paying] a $5,000 fine.交了5000美元罰款後他被釋放出獄了。
cash, credit cards, and other methods of payment現金、信用卡和其他支付方式
I had the bank stop payment on the check. = I had a stop payment (order) put on the check. [=I told the bank not to take money from my account to pay for the check]我吩咐銀行停付那張支票。

b : something that is given to someone in exchange for something else報償；報答

He accepted the tickets as payment (for his services).他收下了那些票，當作（自己提供服務）應得的報酬。
We bought them dinner in payment [=as a way of paying them] for all their help.我們請他們吃飯，報答他們給予的所有幫助。

[count] : an amount of money that is paid for something支付款項；支付額

Our records show that we received a payment of $215.36 in May.我們的銀行記錄顯示五月份收到了一筆215.36美元的款項。
Buy this product for three easy payments of only $19.95!購買此産品只需支付三筆款項，每筆只要19.95美元！
low monthly payments低額月支付
It took me five years to pay off the car, but I never missed a payment.我用了五年時間才還清這輛車的貸款，但我一筆款項都沒有欠過。
making payments on a loan貸款支付
Their family is struggling to meet the payments on their house. = They're struggling to keep up (with) their mortgage payments.他們家正努力按時償還他們的住房按揭貸款。
The credit card company just increased the penalty on late payments.信用卡公司剛剛加重了對逾期還款的懲罰。
She wrote the first three chapters of her book and received an advance payment from the publisher.她寫完書的前三章就收到了出版商的預付稿酬。
cash payments from donors捐贈的現金
interest payments on a loan貸款的利息支付