Meaning & use
payment slip
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Meanings
nouncountable
A small printed form that you fill in with details when you pay money into a bank account or pay a bill.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a payment slip or two payment slips.
Patterns
- fill in a payment slip
- a payment slip for something
Please complete a payment slip and hand it to the cashier with your cash.
The bank clerk gave me a payment slip to fill in before I could deposit the check.
Keep the top part of the payment slip as your record of the transaction.
nouncountable
A detachable part of a bill or invoice that you send back with your payment.
Grammar: Often used with for or with: the payment slip for your electricity bill.
Patterns
- tear off the payment slip
- return the payment slip with something
Tear off the payment slip at the bottom of the bill and post it with your check.
The payment slip shows your account number and the amount due.
If you pay online, you do not need to send the payment slip back.
Word forms
| plural | payment slips |
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Common combinations
- fill in a payment slip
- Fill in a payment slip at the counter before you join the queue.
- a payment slip for something
- Here is a payment slip for your monthly rent.
- tear off the payment slip
- Tear off the payment slip and keep the rest of the bill.
- hand in a payment slip
- Students must hand in a payment slip with their tuition fees.
Synonyms and how they differ
- paying-in slip
- The usual British term for the bank form you use to deposit money; payment slip is more general and can also mean the part you send with a bill.
- deposit slip
- Mainly American; it refers specifically to the form used when putting money into a bank account.
Word family
Commonly confused: payment slip or receipt? payment slip or invoice?
payment slip vs receipt
A receipt proves that you have already paid, while a payment slip is a form you fill in in order to pay.
payment slip vs invoice
An invoice is a request for payment listing goods or services; a payment slip is the small form attached to it or used at a bank.
Practice
You want to put cash into your bank account. What do you need to fill in?
Choose one answer.
A payment slip (or paying-in slip) is the form you complete when depositing money. A receipt is proof of payment already made, an invoice asks you to pay, and a statement lists past transactions.
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