direct payment
No middleman transaction
Direct payment is money transferred straight from payer to recipient without intermediaries.
In government contexts, it often refers to cash benefits sent to citizens: stimulus direct payments, direct payments to farmers.
In healthcare, direct payment means paying providers out of pocket rather than through insurance.
The term emphasizes the absence of middlemen or bureaucratic routing.
- cashReady spending funds
- instantBriefest unit of time
- upfrontDirect and honest
- transactionExchange of goods/money
- depositPlace for safekeeping
pay in full · remittance · funds · settlement · disbursement · farm subsidy · bank transfer · money transfer · debit · checkout · invoice · recipient · clearance · vendor · immediate · lump sum · electronic · peer to peer
- income supportbasic income, guaranteed income, minimum income, universal basic income, UBI
- subsidiesfarm subsidies, subsidy, agricultural subsidies, crop subsidies, energy subsidies
direct paymentdeferred payment
Buying before paying
installment payment · layaway · credit · payment plan · buy now pay later
direct paymentcheck payment
Negotiable paper instrument
cheque · money order · bank draft · promissory note · bill of exchange
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