payment

transfer of an item of value from one party (such as a person or company) to another, in exchange for goods or services or to fulfill a legal obligation
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payment

Summary

payment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,203 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • payment is a type of financial transaction[2].
  • payment is part of settlement[3].
  • payment is used for trade[4].
  • payment is used for consideration[5].
  • payment's Commons category is recorded as Payments[6].
  • payment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Payments[7].
  • payment's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • payment's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • payment's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/payment[10].
  • payment's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2851[11].
  • payment's different from is recorded as debiting[12].
  • payment's different from is recorded as authorization hold[13].
  • payment's uses is recorded as payment method[14].

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Definition and Type

payment is a type of financial transaction[2].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include trade[4] and consideration[5]. payment is part of settlement[3].

Why It Matters

payment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,203 views/month).[1] payment has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] payment is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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