What is the difference between 納入 and 支払?


My water bill reads 納入 is due, but the credit card bill says お支払い. What is the
difference between these two terms?




In this situation, 「納入{のうにゅう}」 and 「お支払{しはら}い」 practically mean the same thing
-- the " ** _payment_** ".

「納入」 is more Bureaucratese than Japanese. It is exclusively used to refer to
payments in the public sector. Schools, public or private, also tend to use
the term in their poor attempt to not sound "commercial" when asking for
tuition payments.

「お支払い」 is used widely in the private sector where it would not matter if that
term sounded "commercial". Everyone knows credit card companies make mega-yen.




In this situation, 「納入{のうにゅう}」 and 「お支払{しはら}い」 practically mean the same thing
-- the " ** _payment_** ".

「納入」 is more Bureaucratese than Japanese. It is exclusively used to refer to
payments in the public sector. Schools, public or private, also tend to use
the term in their poor attempt to not sound "commercial" when asking for
tuition payments.

「お支払い」 is used widely in the private sector where it would not matter if that
term sounded "commercial". Everyone knows credit card companies make mega-yen.

