payment

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
  2. noun the act of paying money
  3. noun an act of requiting; returning in kind

Etymology

From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay + -ment.

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