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title: "Payment hold"
description: "Payment hold — A block on a bill or a vendor that keeps it out of every payment run until released — a dispute, a failed match, a missing W-9, an unverified bank-detail change. The reason is recorded and the bill keeps aging."
canonical: "https://lopifi.com/glossary/payment-hold"
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# Payment hold

> Payment hold — A block on a bill or a vendor that keeps it out of every payment run until released — a dispute, a failed match, a missing W-9, an unverified bank-detail change. The reason is recorded and the bill keeps aging.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/payment-hold
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**What is payment hold?** In accounting, payment hold means a block on a bill or a vendor that keeps it out of every payment run until released — a dispute, a failed match, a missing W-9, an unverified bank-detail change. The reason is recorded and the bill keeps aging.

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- **Category:** Payables
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/lexicon)
- **Related:** payment-run, chargeback, vendor, aging, bill