Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAY'MENT
PAY'MENT, n.
- The act of paying or giving compensation. – Bacon.
- The thing given in discharge of a debt or fulfillment of a promise. – Shak.
- Reward; recompense. – South.
- Chastisement; sound beating. [Not used.] – Ainsworth.
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