actual payment

collocation in English

meaningsofactualandpayment

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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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payment
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.mənt/us
/ˈpeɪ.mənt/
an amount of ...
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(Definition ofactualandpaymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactual payment

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For example, it might suit parties to make theactualpaymentat the end of the farm business tenancy.
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The employer would thus still be involved in all processes except theactualpayment, and delays could occur to the detriment of the employee.
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So there is a variation as to what theactualpaymentlevels will be.
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To my mind certainty is at least as important asactualpaymentterms.
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The circular referred to merely fixes the period after theactualpaymentof the allowance in each case within which it must be accounted for.
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Theactualpaymentof the hotel bill is done by the contracting firm.
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I do not mean theactualpaymentof the account.
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They are asked in the first instance to make theactualpayment.
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This is bound to happen where an average annual allowance is substituted foractualpaymenton a daily basis.
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It took away owners' rates—at one time owners paid rates as well as occupiers—and left theactualpaymentof rates to the occupiers.
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Theactualpaymentof grant, however, has not yet been made.
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It is certainly a great hardship that such a deduction should be made always in advance of theactualpayment.
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I believe that cases where there has been anyactualpaymentof compensation from these schemes, as yet, have been extremely few.
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There seems to me no overpowering reason which would prevent theactualpaymentof these amounts if they were thought to be fair and due.
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Noactualpaymentof subsidy has yet been made.
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The security that the purchaser will pay is very strict, but theactualpaymentwill not take place till two or three years later.
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It has nothing to do with theactualpaymentof the rates.
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Of course, the figure bites only when it comes to theactualpaymentof loans as distinct from indications of support in the future.
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Theactualpayment, however, is rarely made for two or three years, during which time the price of land has, almost inevitably, risen.
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