Synonyms for payment
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Defrayment
defrayment rare, defrayal rare
2. Pay
pay, remuneration, paying, reward, settlement, expense, compensation, wages, salary, return, expenditure, consideration, liquidation, discharge, satisfaction, retribution, emolument formal, touch, requital
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of paying.
Payment will be made at the end of the month.
- n. 2
An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- payments → defrayments, defrayals, pays, remunerations…
Example sentences
- pay What price do we have to pay for these advantages?
- remuneration What are your expectations in terms of remuneration?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| payment | falling | |
| pay | falling | |
| remuneration | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1
- 5 letters
- touch1, wages2
- 6 letters
- return2, paying2, salary3, reward2
- 7 letters
- expense2
- 8 letters
- requital, defrayal
- 9 letters
- discharge2, emolument
- 10 letters
- settlement3, defrayment
- 11 letters
- expenditure4, retribution4, liquidation4
- 12 letters
- compensation4, satisfaction4, remuneration5
- 13 letters
- consideration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wages2 = 2 syllables).