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payment
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[ noun ] (business) a sum of money paid
Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)If it is owned , taxes must be paid , and if the place is not free_of mortgage , there will be interest and payments on the principal to take_care of . (Statements 87th Congress, 1st Session. Appropriations,...)Be it enacted by the Senate and House_of_Representatives of the United_States_of_America in Congress assembled , That the Secretary_of_the_Interior is hereby authorized and directed to establish and maintain a program of stabilization payments to small domestic producers of lead and zinc ores and concentrates in_order to stabilize the mining of lead and zinc by small domestic producers on public , Indian , and other lands as provided in_this Act . Subject_to the limitations of_this Act , the Secretary shall make stabilization payments to small domestic producers upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to him of their status as such producers and of the sale by them of newly mined ores , or concentrates produced therefrom , as provided in_this Act . Payments shall be made only with_respect_to the metal content as determined by assay . Such payments shall be made to small domestic producers of lead as_long_as the market_price for common lead at New_York , New_York , as determined by the Secretary , is below 14 - 1 2 cents per pound , and such payments shall be 75 per centum of the difference between 14 - 1 2 cents per pound and the average market_price for the month in_which the sale occurred as determined by the Secretary . Related terms nonpayment cost benefit refund royalty overpayment reward credit installment bonus penalty premium subscription bribe residual remittance payoff recompense token_payment repayment pittance conscience_money blood_money down_payment support_payment lump_sum cash hush_money regular_payment underpayment pay |
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[ noun ] (business) the act of paying money
Synonyms Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Check to see if some of your benefits - such_as on-the-job disability pay - can be put on a direct payment rather than an insured basis at a savings to you . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)When , as a diplomatic gesture of amity and in payment for the loan of gunmen in the April election , Torrio had given O_'_Banion a slice of Cicero , the profits from that district had been $ 20000 a month . (Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)Any fee so determined shall be entered as a part of such award , and payment thereof shall be made by the Secretary_of_the_Treasury by deducting the amount thereof from the total amount paid pursuant to the award . Payments made pursuant to this Title shall be made only to the person or persons on behalf of whom the award is made , except that - if such person is deceased or is under a legal disability , payment shall be made to his legal representative : |
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