Category:Payment

Pay"ment, n. Etym: [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.]