Payment /(?)/

Pay·ment

Payment

n.
  1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.
    No man envieth the payment of a debt.
  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.
  3. Punishment; chastisement. [R.]