Payment vs. Wayment — What's the Difference?

A payment is the voluntary tender of money or its equivalent or of things of value by one party (such as a person or company) to another in exchange for goods, or services provided by them, or to fulfill a legal obligation. The party making a payment is commonly called the payer, while the payee is the party receiving the payment.

To lament.

The act of paying or the state of being paid.

(obsolete) Lamentation; grief.

An amount paid

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One's due, reward, or punishment; requital.

To lament; to grieve; to wail.

(uncountable) The act of paying.

Grief; lamentation; mourning.

(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange#Noun for goods or services, or the transaction#Noun that conveys it.

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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.

Punishment; chastisement.

A sum of money paid

The act of paying money