payment

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/ˈpeɪmənt/

noun

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
The act of paying.

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In a report published on October 31, Transport Focus said that a number of train companies were unable to convince it about their ability to sell a full range of tickets, handle cash payments, and avoid excessive queues at ticket machines.

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In a report published on October 31, Transport Focus said that a number of train companies were unable to convince it about their ability to sell a full range of tickets, handle cash payments, and avoid excessive queues at ticket machines.
2023 November 15, 'Industry Insider', “Outbreak of common sense”, in RAIL, number 996, page 68
“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

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From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay + -ment.