payment

n. money paid toward a debt; wage, salary; compensation, bonus; punishment

A payment is the transfer of wealth from one party (such as a person or company) to another. A payment is usually made in exchange for the provision of goods, services, or both, or to fulfill a legal obligation.The simplest and oldest form of payment is barter, the exchange of one good or service for another. In the modern world, common means of payment by an individual include money, check, debit, credit, or bank transfer, and in trade such payments are frequently preceded by an invoice or result in a receipt. However, there are no arbitrary limits on the form a payment can take and thus in complex transactions between businesses, payments may take the form of stock or other more complicated arrangements.
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Noun
1. a sum of money paid
(antonym) nonpayment, default, nonremittal
(hypernym) cost
(hyponym) royalty
(derivation) pay
2. the act of paying money
(synonym) defrayal, defrayment
(antonym) evasion, nonpayment
(hypernym) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
(hyponym) amortization, amortisation
(derivation) pay

(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.
  

The payer's transfer of a monetary claim on a party acceptable to the payee. Typically, claims take the form of banknotes or deposit balances held at a financial institution or at a central bank.