Payment and Sum

Payment

Payment noun - The act of offering money in exchange for goods or services.

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Sum and payment are semantically related. in fee topic. In some cases you can use "Sum" instead a noun "Payment".

Nearby Words: pay, paying, payable, payer, payed

Sum noun - A complete amount of something.

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Payment and sum are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Payment" instead a noun "Sum".

good	good payment	good sum
equal	equal payment	equal sum
extravagant	extravagant payment	extravagant sum
generous	generous payment	generous sum
Other adjectives: sufficient, substantial, reasonable, small, large, complicated, huge, partial, decent, modest, worthy, mere, greater, larger, token, promised, said, higher, one-time, bigger, monthly.

By the payment of a large sum of money Gregory III induced the duke to restore the castle to him.

Source: Useful Notes / The Papal States
Mean Streets: Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) insults a neighborhood mobster he owes a large sum of money to and follows that up by burning his first payment (a $10 bill) and sticking a gun in his face.

Source: Bullying A Dragon / Live-Action Films
Barney has asked Lily to paint him in the nude, and is offering a large sum of money as payment, but Lily is worried that her fiance Marshall will be bothered by the thought of her painting another man naked.

Source: Intimate Artistry

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