# Short pay

> Short pay — A customer payment for less than the invoices it settles, the customer having deducted the difference — a dispute, a credit not yet recorded, or an amount to write off. It needs a reason and a disposition; it never just disappears.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/short-pay
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**What is short pay?** In accounting, short pay means a customer payment for less than the invoices it settles, the customer having deducted the difference — a dispute, a credit not yet recorded, or an amount to write off. It needs a reason and a disposition; it never just disappears.

## Also known as

- Short payment

## Words this system refuses for it

- partial payment (a payment of part, with the rest still owed and not disputed)

- **Category:** Receivables
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [cash-application](https://lopifi.com/md/components/cash-application)
- **Related:** chargeback, credit