What is the Latin word for payment?

The usual Latin words for “payment” are solūtiō, numerātiō, repraesentātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“payment” in Latin

solūtiōThe act of loosening or unfastening someone or something; dissolution.; looseness, weakness; payment numerātiōa counting out, paying, payment; a calculation, enumeration repraesentātiōrepresentation; showing, exhibiting

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

payment

solutio; numeratio (a reckoning or counting out). Immediate payment, repraesentatio: payment of a debt or loan, solutio nominis, rerum creditarum. Often by the verbs.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for payment?: The usual Latin words for “payment” are solūtiō, numerātiō, repraesentātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.