payment plan

Pay over time

A payment plan is an arrangement to pay for something over time rather than all at once.

Retailers offer payment plans for expensive items; debtors negotiate payment plans with creditors.

The term implies structured installments: We set up a payment plan for the medical bills.

Also called an installment plan.

Opposites
payment structure

payment planlump sum

Entire amount at once

full payment · one-time payment · lump sum payment · single payment · upfront payment

financial arrangement formality

payment plancash and carry

Pay upfront, transport yourself

impulse purchase · no strings attached · gift · barter · free

payment direction

payment planrevenue stream

Continuous source of earnings

Family

plan, payment

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