Assistance vs Payment - What's the difference?
assistance | payment | Related terms |
(uncountable) The act of paying.
(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
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As nouns the difference between assistance and payment
is that assistance is aid; help; the act or result of assisting while payment is the act of paying.assistance
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(wikipedia assistance)Alternative forms
* assistaunceDerived terms
* public assistancepayment
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The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment .” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}