in payment

idiom

: as a way of paying someone
We bought them dinner in payment for all their help.

Examples of in payment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Through the dispute process and litigation where necessary, our attorneys safeguard consumers from erroneous information, including not only identity theft (i.e., unrecognized accounts on consumers’ credit reports) but also errors in payment history on legitimate accounts. Adam Singer, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 On the other hand, the committee admitted hospitals could use a larger increase in payment rates. Brittany Trang, STAT, 8 Dec. 2023 That meant crypto—and FTX—had become embedded in people’s everyday transactions and in payment gateways for ecommerce. WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023 In the first half of 2021, at the peak of COVID-19, the company clocked in a 67% increase in payment volumes compared to the same period a year ago when the pandemic had just started. Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023 Officials with state colleges and universities were unavailable for comment Friday regarding the number of participants in payment plans, the number of students facing penalties and other statistics. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023 This sacrifice is not really like that of Prometheus, who gave the world fire and endured endless torture in payment, even though the mythological character is amply alluded to in the movie—and in the book it was based on, American Prometheus, by Martin Sherwin and Kai Bird. Charles Seife, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2023 For one, funds kept in payment app accounts are often not insured — meaning that if the money is somehow stolen, or if the payment app company fails, customers may not be reimbursed. Julian Mark, Washington Post, 1 June 2023 For example, an Iraqi party might request that a wire in dollars be sent to a bank in another country, such as the United Arab Emirates, in payment for goods that are being imported into Iraq. Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023

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“In payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20payment. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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