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Word Meanings - PAYMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. Bacon. 2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise;

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1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. Bacon. 2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return. Shak. 3. Punishment; chastisement.

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  • CHARGEANT
    Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
  • CHARGE
    1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill. A carte that charged was with hay. Chaucer. The charging of children's memories with rules. Locke. 2. To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or
  • DISBURSEMENT
    1. The act of disbursing or paying out. The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes. 2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.
  • PRICE
    to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, 1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale;
  • CHARGEABLE
    1. That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. 2. Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder. 3. Serving
  • LIQUIDATION
    The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated. To go into liquidation , to turn over to a trustee one's assets and accounts, in order that the several amounts of one's indebtedness be authoritatively ascertained, and that the
  • PRICEITE
    A hydrous borate of lime, from Oregon.
  • CHARGE D'AFFAIRES
    A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.
  • WORTH
    1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price. What 's worth in
  • WORTHWHILE
    Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. worthy. -- worthwhileness.
  • OUTLAY
    1. A laying out or expending. 2. That which is expended; expenditure. 3. An outlying haunt. Beau. & Fl.
  • WORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth. Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness Donne. She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her
  • WORTHFUL
    Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston.
  • PRICELESS
    1. Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable. 2. Of no value; worthless. J. Barlow.
  • WORTHY
    A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. The blood of ancient worthies
  • WORTHILY
    In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly. You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues. Dryden. Some may very worthily deserve to be hated. South.
  • CHARGELESS
    Free from, or with little, charge.
  • PAYMENT
    1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. Bacon. 2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise;
  • CHARGEABLENESS
    The quality of being chargeable or expensive. Whitelocke.
  • DISCHARGER
    One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.
  • REPAYMENT
    1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. Jer. Taylor. 2. The money or other thing repaid.
  • MISCHARGE
    To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • ENCHARGE
    To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.
  • OVERCHARGE
    1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. To fill too full; to crowd. Our language is overcharged with consonants. Addison. 3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or price. 4.
  • UNCHARGE
    1. To free from a charge or load; to unload. Wyclif. 2. To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit. Shak.
  • PETWORTH MARBLE
    A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
  • SURCHARGEMENT
    The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus. Daniel.
  • OVERHEAD CHARGES; OVERHEAD EXPENSES
    Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business;
  • PENNYWORTH
    1. A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny. "A dear pennyworth." Evelyn. 2. Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain. The priests sold the better pennyworths. Locke. 3.

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