# Send Partial Payments

Send a partial payment, which delivers less than the amount specified. Partial payments are useful for deducting fees and exchange rates from the amount delivered instead of adding them to the amount sent, but they can also lead to exploits if an integration incorrectly assumes a successful payment delivered the whole amount.

For more context, see [Partial Payments](https://xrpl.org/docs/concepts/payment-types/partial-payments)