Phrase guide

payment order

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

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noun

Meaning 1

An instruction from a sender to a receiving bank, transmitted orally, electronically, or in writing, to pay, or to cause another bank to pay a fixed and determinable amount of money to a beneficiary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business, finance

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: betalingsopdracht — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Finnish: maksumääräys — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • German: Zahlungsanweisung — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Hungarian: (eseti) fizetési megbízás — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Hungarian: átutalási megbízás — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Indonesian: perintah bayar — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Indonesian: amanat bayar — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Polish: asygnata — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Romanian: ordin de plată — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Russian: ассигнация (assignacija) — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Spanish: libranza — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money
  • Spanish: libramiento — instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money