- payment, defrayal, defrayment - the act of paying money
--1 is a kind of commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
--1 has particulars:amortization, amortisation; fee splitting; overpayment; prepayment; ransom; refund, repayment; remuneration; rendering; spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay; tribute; underpayment Derived form: verb defray1