different between payment vs redemption

English

Etymology

From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p??m?nt, IPA^(key): /?pe?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: pay?ment

Noun

payment (countable and uncountable, plural payments)

1. (uncountable) The act of paying.
2. (countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

See also

• scot

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• payment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?mp??n/

Noun

redemption (countable and uncountable, plural redemptions)

1. The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
2. The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
3. Salvation from sin.
   • 2011, Drama of Redemption, Lulu.com (?ISBN), page 9:

     Before creating the world, God knew both the need for and the means of the redemption He would provide through Jesus Christ.

4. Rescue upon payment of a ransom.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• nemopterid

Middle English

Noun

redemption

1. Alternative form of redempcioun

Old French

Alternative forms

• redempcion
• redempciun, redemptiun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin redemptio. Doublet of raençon.

Noun

redemption f (oblique plural redemptions, nominative singular redemption, nominative plural redemptions)

1. redemption; salvation from sin

Descendants

• ? Middle English: redempcioun, redempcion, redemption, redempcyoune, redempcyoun, redemcioun
  • English: redemption
  • Scots: redemption
• French: rédemption