below payment vs the below payment

Both "below payment" and "the below payment" can be correct depending on the context. "Below payment" is used when referring to an amount that is lower than the required payment, while "the below payment" is used when referring to a specific payment that is mentioned or known.

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below payment

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to an amount that is lower than the required payment.

This phrase is used to indicate an amount that is less than the expected or required payment.

Examples:

The customer's account balance is below payment.
Please make sure the amount is not below payment.

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If we take a look at these figures, we can see that EUR 11.2 billion remains below the payment ceiling for the multiannual financial framework.
Terrorists can be financed by a series of small payments below the threshold.
Institutions may consider materiality thresholds on payments below which no payment shall be made in the event of loss to be equivalent to retained first loss positions and to give rise to a tranched transfer of risk.
Materiality thresholds on payments below which no payment shall be made in the event of loss are considered to be equivalent to retained first loss positions and to give rise to a tranched transfer of risk.
Member States may decide not to grant direct payments below a minimum threshold to be determined.
This is also keeping a ratio between commitments and payments below 80% in most cases.
These investments are compensated for via the contractual payments described below.
The idea of reducing the payment allocations below the level of the first reading was therefore rightly accepted.
For which programmes are payments below 15% of the total co-participation?
(18) The budgetary data provided by Germany and set out in the table below relate to payments to KBM and the machinery rings during the period 1992 to 2000 only.
The budgetary data provided by Germany and set out in the table below relate to payments to KBM and the machinery rings during the period 1992 to 2000 only.
In the interests of sound financial management, provisions should be laid down requiring that advances and intermediate payments remain below the total Union contribution with a safety margin.
For which programmes are payments below 15 % of the total co-participation?
Overall, the Commission's proposed preliminary draft budget is EUR 3.4 billion below the ceiling for commitment appropriations and is well below the ceiling for payment appropriations.
The opening decision points out that it reached the preliminary conclusion that the lease payments contain State aid in the sense of operating aid, as the below-market-price payments reduced the operating costs the FSBG had to bear.
Member States that have direct payments below the level of 90 % of the Union average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level, with all Member States arriving at a minimum level by financial year 2020.
The options related to BoP reporting are (4) maintain the existing threshold that exempts payment service providers from reporting on payment transactions below EUR 12500;
Whereas no set-aside requirement should be imposed for small producers whose claim for area payments is below a certain level, whereas this level should be fixed;
(24) Whereas no set-aside requirement should be imposed for small producers whose claim for area payments is below a certain level, whereas this level should be fixed;
Products (headings 120 to 313 and subheadings) excluding area payments in code 600 below.

Alternatives:

less than the payment
under the payment
short of the payment
insufficient payment
not meeting the payment

the below payment

This phrase is correct when referring to a specific payment that is mentioned or known.

This phrase is used when referring to a particular payment that is specified or known in the context.