money payments

  • 81balance of payments — n [singular] the difference between what a country spends in order to buy goods and services abroad, and the money it earns selling goods and services abroad …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 82balance of payments — noun singular the difference between the amount of money a country pays to foreign countries and the amount it receives from them …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 83incentive payments — Payment by results: any method such as individual piecework of paying workers above a basic minimum and in relation to their output or productivity . Schemes may apply to individuals, small groups, or (as with some so called profit related pay… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 84divided payments — separate payments, money paid in increments …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 85hush money —    a bribe to ensure silence    Hush for the ensuing quiet. Less often as hush payments:     People objected to the bald language, the discussions of hush payments and stonewalling. (Colodny and Gettlin, 1991, describing the tapes of Nixon s… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 86Englishmen for My Money — Englishmen for My Money, or A Woman Will Have Her Will is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy written by William Haughton that dates from the year 1598. Scholars and critics often cite it as the first city comedy; [Andrew Stott, Comedy,… …

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  • 87beer money — noun Some extra money not needed for essential payments, which is available for spending on luxuries, hobbies, or simply going out for a beer. : September 1 2007, Working knowledge, by Hazel Davis, in …

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  • 88electronic money — /ˌɛləktrɒnɪk ˈmʌni/ (say .eluhktronik munee) noun a means for making payments without cash, such as a smart card carrying electronically stored credit or a system for debiting an account via a mobile phone. Also, e money …

  • 89e-money — / i: ˌmʌni/ noun same as digital money COMMENT: This normally refers to either credit card payments or virtual tokens or a virtual credit card or a micropayment …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 90Clearing House Automated Payments System - CHAPS — A British company that facilitates the trading of European currency. CHAPS provides same day fund transfers for the sterling and the euro. CHAPS transfers are used when money needs to be moved from one account to another. CHAPS transfers are… …

    Investment dictionary