payment

noun

• 1 [mass noun] the action or process of paying someone or something or of being paid:ask for a discount for payment by cash [count noun]:three interest-free monthly payments

• 2an amount paid or payable:a compensation payment of £2500
• [mass noun] something given as a reward or in recompense for something done:a suit with a velvet collar that I got as payment for being in the show