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Payment vs Autopay - What's the difference?

payment | autopay |

As nouns the difference between payment and autopay

is that payment is (uncountable) the act of paying while autopay is automatic payment.

payment

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of paying.
  • (countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
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  • , title= 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.}}

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * down payment * grease payment * lubrication payment * payment in kind

    autopay

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • automatic payment
  • * 2007 , Rebecca Lai-Har Chiu, Professional Housing Management Practices in Hong Kong (page 77)
  • Under the autopay rent collection system, most of the transactions are effected on the first working day of the month.
  • * 2009 , Peter Sander, Jennifer Sander, 573 Ways to Save Money (page 236)
  • Synonyms

    * autopayment