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Payment

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

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Narrower term 35

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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Benefit 76% connected

An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

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Blood money 76% connected

Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.

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Bonus 76% connected

A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.

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Bribe 76% connected

A gift begged; a present.

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Cash 76% connected

A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

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Credit 76% connected

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

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Deposit 76% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Disbursement 76% connected

The act of disbursing or paying out.

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Incentive 76% connected

Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.

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Installment 76% connected

The act of installing; installation.

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Outlay 76% connected

To lay out; to spread out; to display.

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Penalty 76% connected

Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commissio…

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Pittance 76% connected

An allowance of food bestowed in charity; a mess of victuals; hence, a small charity gift; a dole.

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Premium 76% connected

A reward or recompense; a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition; reward or prize to be adjudged; a bounty; as, a premi…

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Prepayment 76% connected

Payment in advance.

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Quittance 76% connected

Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.

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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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Recompense 76% connected

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

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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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Remission 76% connected

The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

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Remitment 76% connected

The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.

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Remittal 76% connected

A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.

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Remittance 76% connected

The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.

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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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Residual 76% connected

Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.

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Reward 76% connected

To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

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Royalty 76% connected

The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.

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Satisfaction 76% connected

The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting fr…

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Spending 76% connected

of Spend

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Subscription 76% connected

The act of subscribing.

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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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Cost 76% connected

A rib; a side; a region or coast.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Derivationally related 6

Defray 74% connected

To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.

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Defray 74% connected

To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.

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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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Repay 74% connected

To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.

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Repay 74% connected

To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.

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Synonym 3

Defrayal 92% connected

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

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Defrayment 92% connected

Payment of charges.

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Requital 92% connected

The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital…

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Antonym 2

Default 94% connected

A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the govern…

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Default 94% connected

A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the govern…

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