debt payment

Settling an obligation

A debt payment is money paid toward what is owed—typically covering principal, interest, or both.

The term appears in financial contexts from personal loans to national budgets: We're behind on our debt payments, The company restructured its debt payments.

A single debt payment may satisfy the entire obligation or be one installment in a longer schedule.

Related

dues · due date · settlement · invoice · payoff · pay off · interest · principal · monthly · bank draft · overdue · late fee · collection · final notice · arrears · relief · burden · obligation

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Opposites
financial direction

debt paymentborrowing

Temporary taking of another's

loan · cash advance · lending · financing · leveraging

obligation status

debt paymentdefault

Preset standard option

nonpayment · delinquency · debt avoidance · bankruptcy · loan default

income vs. expense

debt paymentincome

Regular monetary receipts

revenue · earnings · windfall · gift · inheritance

Family

debt, debts, debtor, debtors, indebted, indebtedness, pays, paying, payer

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Top 100,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G