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 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 According to statistics from Meta’s Ad Library, the company accepted up to $24,987 in payment for the 59 ads, which received more than 2.1 million impressions, the report said. Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2022 Tax refunds can be intercepted to satisfy debts as small as $10 and even if people are already participating in payment plans to pay off those debts. Mackenzie Maysstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022 See More

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“In payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20payment. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.

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