Payment

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late Middle English: from Old French paiement, from payer ‘to pay’.

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From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay +‎ -ment.

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payment (n.)

late 14c., paiement, "action of paying, repayment of a debt; amount due as a payment," from Old French paiement (13c.), from paiier (see pay (v.)). Meaning "thing or sum of money given in discharge of a debt" is from mid-15c.