lump-sum
Single complete payment
Lump-sum describes a single payment covering an entire amount at once, rather than spread across installments: a lump-sum settlement, lump-sum pension payout.
The hyphen typically appears when used as an adjective before a noun.
As a noun without the hyphen, a lump sum is the payment itself: She received her inheritance as a lump sum.
Money distributed to recipient
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
windfall · cash-out · one-time · upfront · balloon · bulk · single · outright
Resolved dispute or colony
- damagesCompensation for injury
- awardHonor given for merit
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
inheritance · bequest · estate · probate · judgment · restitution · indemnity · divorce
Retiree's ongoing benefit
- annuityPeriodic fixed payment
- 401kEmployer-sponsored retirement savings
- superannuationRetirement savings scheme
- commutationSubstitution of penalties
rollover · withdrawal · beneficiary · vesting · gratuity · tax-deferred · IRA · separation
Chief school administrator
- capitalWealth used for investment
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- contributionSomething given to help
- premiumAdded cost for better
endowment · corpus · maturity · returns · compound · growth · allocation · portfolio
Unchanging cost arrangement
flat-rate · construction · deliverable · milestone · scope · budget · contractor · estimate
payout
Money distributed to recipient
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
severance · windfall · cash-out · one-time · upfront · balloon · bulk · single · outright · prepayment
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- damagesCompensation for injury
- awardHonor given for merit
- compensationPayment for services rendered
alimony · inheritance · bequest · estate · probate · judgment · restitution · indemnity · divorce · lawsuit
pension
Retiree's ongoing benefit
- annuityPeriodic fixed payment
- 401kEmployer-sponsored retirement savings
- superannuationRetirement savings scheme
commutation · rollover · withdrawal · beneficiary · vesting · gratuity · tax-deferred · IRA · separation
principal
Chief school administrator
- capitalWealth used for investment
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- contributionSomething given to help
premium · endowment · corpus · maturity · returns · compound · growth · allocation · portfolio · fund
fixed-price
Unchanging cost arrangement
quotation · flat-rate · construction · deliverable · milestone · scope · budget · contractor · estimate · proposal
lump-suminstallments
Periodic partial payments
installment plan · periodic payments · monthly payments · payment plan · recurring payments
lump-sumincremental
Proceeding by small additions
piecemeal · phased · gradual · distributed · spread out
lump-sumincremental
Proceeding by small additions
piecemeal · segmented · divided · fractional · itemized
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