Payment vs Buy - What's the difference?
payment | buy |
(uncountable) The act of paying.
(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
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, title= To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
* Benjamin Franklin
To obtain by some sacrifice.
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
To bribe.
To be equivalent to in value.
(informal) to accept as true; to believe
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
As nouns the difference between payment and buy
is that payment is (uncountable) the act of paying while buy is something which is bought; a purchase.As a verb buy is
to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.payment
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Noun
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
*Derived terms
* down payment * grease payment * lubrication payment * payment in kindExternal links
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Verb
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.