# payment (economic)

a transfer of money to satisfy a required obligation

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: economic  ·  Arena: ordinary

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [money](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-money.economic), [give](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-give.transfer), [required](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-required.obligation), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social)

**Through:** money is transferred from one party to another to fulfill a necessary duty or claim

**Novel properties:**
- obligated transfer
- economic liability settlement
- inter-personal resource reallocation

## Examples
- In 2023, the United States Treasury issued a $1,200 stimulus check to eligible citizens under the American Rescue Plan. *(economics)*
- The International Space Station crew transferred 20 kilograms of water to SpaceX Dragon upon departure as partial payment for cargo return services. *(engineering)*
- In 1871, France paid the last installment of its 5-billion-franc war indemnity to Germany following the Franco-Prussian War. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [bill](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bill.payment) (L18)
- [commission](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-commission.transaction) (L18)
- [employment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-employment.economic) (L19)
- [gift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gift.present) (L18)
- [insurance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-insurance.financial) (L18)
- [jobs](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-jobs.employment) (L18)
- [pro](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pro.professional) (L21)
- [sale](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sale.commercial) (L19)
- [tax](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tax.economic) (L18)

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