Payment - English meaning

noun

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

Usage examples:

Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people

verb

Come to be (the total) when added together.

Usage examples:

Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds

noun

The degree to which something is a lot or a little; how much something is

Usage examples:

She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident., he liked to carry a large amount of…

noun

The action or process of clearing or of being dispersed.

Usage examples:

Cleaning of the machine should include clearance of blockages

noun

If goods are reduced for clearance, they are offered for sale at a lower than usual price so that people will buy them and there will be space for new goods

Usage examples:

A clearance sale, the pilot announced we had received clearance for take off., the sign on the over…

noun

The process by which cheques and other payments are exchanged between customers of different banks

Usage examples:

Foreign-drawn cheques may incur additional bank charges for clearance and currency conversion., two…

noun

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.

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Cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits

verb

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.

Usage examples:

He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table

noun

An amount of money paid into an account

Usage examples:

She made a large deposit last thursday., will you get your deposit back if you cancel the trip?, th…

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

noun

A sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time.

Usage examples:

The first instalment of a grant for housing

noun

One of a number of parts into which an amount of money that is owed has been divided. payments are made regularly until the total amount has been paid back

Usage examples:

Pay by/in instalments the journal charges a yearly subscription of $1000, which readers can pay in …

noun

One of several parts into which a story, plan, or amount of money owed has been divided, so that each part happens or is paid at different times until the end or total is reached

Usage examples:

In instalments the novel has been serialized for radio in five instalments., pay for something by/i…

noun

The process of liquidating a business.

Usage examples:

The company went into liquidation

noun

A situation in which a company stops operating and sells all its assets in order to pay its debts

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Go into liquidation after three years of heavy losses the company went into liquidation with debts …

noun

The process of closing a business, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts, or an instance of this

Usage examples:

After three years of heavy losses the company went into liquidation with debts totalling £100 milli…

noun

An amount to be paid for a contract of insurance.

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Correctly computed, the income of a wage earner entitled to a pension consists of his wages plus th…

noun

An amount of money paid at regular times to insure (= protect against risk) your health or life, or your home or possessions

Usage examples:

That could mean higher medicare premiums for retirees., you get a lipstick as a premium with the pu…

noun

An amount of money that is more than usual

Usage examples:

We're willing to pay a premium for the best location., attract/command a premium bmw, mercedes, vol…

noun

The action or process of calculating or estimating something.

Usage examples:

The sixth, or by another reckoning eleventh, earl of mar

verb

Establish by calculation.

Usage examples:

His debts were reckoned at £300,000

noun

A calculation that you make

Usage examples:

By my reckoning, we should arrive in ten minutes.

noun

The cancellation of a debt, charge, or penalty.

Usage examples:

The scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees

noun

A period of time when an illness is less severe

Usage examples:

[ u ] her leukemia is in remission.

noun

The process of reducing the amount of money that is owed for something or stating that it no longer needs to be paid

Usage examples:

Campaigners claim that people receiving benefits should be entitled to automatic remission of fees.…

noun

A sum of money sent in payment or as a gift.

Usage examples:

Complete your booking form and send it together with your remittance

noun

An amount of money that is sent somewhere as payment for something

Usage examples:

Complete the membership form and send it to the address below, together with your remittance for th…

noun

A thing that holds something in place.

Usage examples:

A guitar string retainer

noun

An amount of money that you pay to someone in advance so that the person will work for you when needed

Usage examples:

He was on a $150,000 retainer from lloyd's of london.

noun

An amount of money that you pay to a lawyer, consultant (= someone paid to give expert advice or training), etc. in order to be sure that they can work for you when you need them to

Usage examples:

The firm retained white as a consultant, paying him a $5,000 retainer., get/be on/receive a retaine…

noun

An official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict.

Usage examples:

Unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement

noun

Payment of money that is owed

Usage examples:

[ u ] we enclose a check in settlement of your claim., [ u ] early settlement developed around a co…

noun

An official agreement or decision that ends an argument, often involving a payment of money

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Negotiate/reach a settlement, the lawyer negotiated an out-of-court settlement of $2 million., in s…

noun

An arrangement to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance.

Usage examples:

Make sure you get a copy every month by taking out a subscription

noun

An occasion when shares in a company are issued , or the number of shares involved

Usage examples:

You will soon have the opportunity to purchase stock through a subscription offering., the subscrip…