"payment" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪmənt/ Audio: en-us-payment.ogg [US] Forms: payment [singular], payments [plural]
enPR: pāʹmənt Etymology: pay + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|pay|ment}} pay + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A payment is some money that someone is giving to someone else when they're buying something.
    Sense id: simple-payment-en-noun-u6Np~EUq
  2. Payment is the act of paying.
    Sense id: simple-payment-en-noun-9-y7jHiw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ment
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