英汉词典

1. 付款额；支付的款项；支付；付款
    A payment is an amount of money that is paid to someone, or the act of paying this money.

    e.g. Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments...
           有数千客户拖欠其贷款和抵押贷款还款。
    e.g. The fund will make payments of just over £1 billion next year.
           该基金明年的支付额刚好过10亿英镑。

2. 支付；付款
    Payment is the act of paying money to someone or of being paid.

    e.g. He had sought to obtain payment of a sum which he had claimed was owed to him.
           他声称别人欠他一笔钱，他在想方设法讨要回来。

3. see also: balance of payments;down payment