payment
nounThe act of paying or the state of being paid.
nounAn amount paid.
nounOne’s due, reward, or punishment; requital.
nounThe act of paying; the delivery of money as payment, in the course of business.
nounMore specifically, in law, the discharge of a pecuniary obligation by money or what is accepted as the equivalent of a specific sum of money; “the satisfaction, by or in the name of the debtor, to the creditor, of what is due, with the object to put an end to the obligation” (Goudsmit).
nounThe thing given in discharge of a debt or fulfilment of a promise; recompense; requital; reward.
nounHence, figuratively, chastisement; punishment.
nounThe act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.
nounThat which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return.
nounPunishment; chastisement.