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noun paying/being paid ADJ. immediate, prompt | late penalties for late payment of tax | early | full, part I enclose £65.20, in full payment of the bill. VERB + PAYMENT make How do you want to make payment?by cheque or in cash? | arrange for | accept, take Do you accept payment by credit card? | get, receive | stop, suspend, withhold I have authorized the bank to stop payment of the cheque. | refuse sb | defer, delay We may have to defer payment for a week. | demand PAYMENT + VERB be due PREP. in ~ She wrote out a cheque in payment of the fees. | on ~ of He was released on payment of the ransom. | ~ for payment for work done | ~ from, ~ to payment to the company from its customers PHRASES a method of payment, payment in advance The hostel requires full payment in advance. amount of money paid ADJ. annual, monthly, etc. | regular | one-off, single All families of the crash victims will receive a one-off payment of £100,000. | cash, lump sum | token | generous | down, initial | additional, further, subsequent | interim, transitional | final | credit card | benefit, compensation, interest, maintenance, mortgage, rent, tax VERB + PAYMENT keep up, meet My client was unable to meet her rent payments. | increase, reduce | collect It was my job to collect payment for the trip. PREP. in ~s an extra $9 million in interest payments | ~ for a generous payment for his services | ~ from payments to the landlord from his tenants | ~ to PHRASES the balance of payments measures designed to reduce the balance of payments deficit
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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payment
an amount of money that you pay for something, especially when it is only one part of the total amount you have to pay:
• They have a monthly car payment of £220.
instalment
British English , installment American English a regular payment you make to pay back money that you have borrowed or to pay for things that you have already received:
• I borrowed $2,000, which was to be paid back in monthly installments of $250.
deposit
( also down payment ) part of the cost of something that you pay before you get it, so that it will not be sold to anyone else:
• They used the money they inherited as a down payment on a house. • The hotel asks for a $20 deposit to reserve a room.
subscription
an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive copies of a newspaper or magazine:
• A subscription to the magazine is $52 a year.
tip
a small amount of money that you give someone, for example a waitress or taxi driver, in addition to paying for a service they have given you:
• I usually leave a 10% tip.
premium
the amount you pay for insurance each year:
• your monthly life insurance premiums
Longman-Thesaurus
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payment
verbs
make (a) payment
• He was supposed to make payments of $250 a month.
receive (a) payment
• You will receive a cash payment on your 65th birthday.
meet/keep up the payments (on something)
(= be able to make regular payments )
• He was having trouble meeting the interest payments.
fall behind on the payments
( also fall behind with the payments British English ) (= not make payments when you should )
• I’d run up nearly £4,000 in debt, and was beginning to fall behind with the payments.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + payment
a monthly payment
• Home buyers have seen their monthly payments go up by more than 50 percent.
a cash payment
(= a payment in cash )
• He provided pills to athletes in return for cash payments.
a down payment
(= a small payment for something you are buying, when you will pay the rest later )
• We were able to put a down payment on an apartment.
an interest payment
(= a payment of interest on a loan )
a mortgage payment
(= a payment towards a loan on your house )
• Your mortgage payments could fall if interest rates drop.
an interim payment
(= a payment that is made before something is finished or settled )
• It may be reasonable for the builder to ask for interim payments as the work progresses.
a bonus payment
(= an additional payment because success has been achieved )
• The team had made illegal bonus payments to players.
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