Definition of PAYMENT. Meaning of PAYMENT. Synonyms of PAYMENT

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Definition of PAYMENT

Payment
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.]

Meaning of PAYMENT from wikipedia

- payment is commonly called the payer, while the payee is the party receiving the payment. Whilst payments are often made voluntarily, some payments are...
- Contactless payment systems are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards, or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices...
- A payment system is any system used to settle financial transactions through the transfer of monetary value. This includes the institutions, payment instruments...
- Payment cards are part of a payment system issued by financial institutions, such as a bank, to a customer that enables its owner (the cardholder) to...
- An e-commerce payment system (or an electronic payment system) facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for offline transfer, also known as a...
- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an Indian public sector company that operates retail payments and settlement systems in India. The organization...
- A payment gateway is a merchant service provided by an e-commerce application service provider that authorizes credit card or direct payment processing...
- A payment terminal, also known as a point of sale (POS) terminal, credit card machine, card reader, PIN pad, EFTPOS terminal (or by the older term as...
- Mobile payment, also referred to as mobile money, mobile money transfer and mobile wallet, is any of various payment processing services operated under...
- In international economics, the balance of payments (also known as balance of international payments and abbreviated BOP or BoP) of a country is the difference...