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The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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  1. n. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.
  2. n. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return.
  3. n. Punishment; chastisement.
  4. n. a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
  5. n. the act of paying money
  6. n. an act of requiting; returning in kind
  7. 1. The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation. No man envieth the payment of a debt. Bacon. 2. That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return. Shak. 3. Punishment; chastisement. [R.]
  8. n:100 n. a sum of money paid or a claim discharged n. the act of paying money