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n. The act of paying or the state of being paid.

n. An amount paid: received a large payment.

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

n. The act of paying.

n. A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

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

n. 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.

n. Punishment; chastisement.

n. The act of paying; the delivery of money as payment, in the course of business.

n. More specifically, in law, the discharge of a pecuniary obligation by money or what is accepted as the equivalent of a specific sum of money; “the satisfaction, by or in the name of the debtor, to the creditor, of what is due, with the object to put an end to the obligation” (Goudsmit).

n. The thing given in discharge of a debt or fulfilment of a promise; recompense; requital; reward.

n. Hence, figuratively, chastisement; punishment.

n. a sum of money paid or a claim discharged

n. an act of requiting; returning in kind

n. the act of paying money

"Fees will increase depending on the level of effort necessary to obtain payment from the vehicle owner."

getting even    return    paying back   

equation of payments    application of payments    payment into court   

reward    recompense    requital    return    punishment    chastisement    compensation    remuneration    satisfaction    repayment   

claimant    copayment    downpayment    embayment    nonpayment    prepayment    repayment   

loan    income    fee    fund    cost    expense    purchase    contract    return    cash