Examples of payment in a Sentence
Payment is due on the first of every month.
Prompt payment of your bill ensures that you will not have to pay any additional fees.
We require payment in advance for all goods purchased.
a payment plan to reduce your debt
cash, credit cards, and other methods of payment
Our records show that we received a payment of $215.36 in May.
Buy this product for three easy payments of only $19.95!
It took me five years to pay off the car, but I never missed a payment.
making payments on a loan
The credit card company just increased the penalty on late payments.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Whether this technology becomes the primary corporate payment infrastructure depends largely on performance during economic stress periods.
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Those enhanced credits are slated to expire at the end of this year absent action by Congress, with estimates predicting that premium payments for ACA plan participants could more than double as a result.
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Supplemental Security Income payments, meanwhile, are typically issued on the first of the month, unless that falls on a weekend or federal holiday.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Whether this technology becomes the primary corporate payment infrastructure depends largely on performance during economic stress periods.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Those enhanced credits are slated to expire at the end of this year absent action by Congress, with estimates predicting that premium payments for ACA plan participants could more than double as a result.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Supplemental Security Income payments, meanwhile, are typically issued on the first of the month, unless that falls on a weekend or federal holiday.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payment. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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payment
noun
pay·ment
ˈpā-mənt 
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