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Defrayment

Payment of charges.

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Amortisation 76% connected

Alt. of Amortisement

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Amortization 76% connected

The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.

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Disbursement 76% connected

The act of disbursing or paying out.

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Outlay 76% connected

To lay out; to spread out; to display.

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Prepayment 76% connected

Payment in advance.

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Ransom 76% connected

The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.

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Refund 76% connected

To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.

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Remuneration 76% connected

The act of remunerating.

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Rendering 76% connected

of Render

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Repayment 76% connected

The act of repaying; reimbursement.

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Spending 76% connected

of Spend

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Tribute 76% connected

An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as th…

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Commerce 76% connected

The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; exten…

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Commercialism 76% connected

The commercial spirit or method.

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Pay 74% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Pay 74% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Synonym 2

Defrayal 92% connected

The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.

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Payment 92% connected

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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