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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The survey also said that nearly half of those people who have opted into a plan have missed a payment.
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Jason Rantala, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
The rules would, additionally, bar Medicaid payments for gender-affirming treatments for minors, remove gender dysphoria from being protected under a federal disability law, and halt manufacturers from marketing breast binders to children and adolescents.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Under Australia’s new buy-back plan, states and territories will be tasked with collecting the weapons and processing payments to individuals for surrendered firearms, while federal police will be responsible for destroying them.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
When mobility itself—of the physical, social, and economic sort—depends on making payments to a car company, why would the industry change course?
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
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Jason Rantala, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
The rules would, additionally, bar Medicaid payments for gender-affirming treatments for minors, remove gender dysphoria from being protected under a federal disability law, and halt manufacturers from marketing breast binders to children and adolescents.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Under Australia’s new buy-back plan, states and territories will be tasked with collecting the weapons and processing payments to individuals for surrendered firearms, while federal police will be responsible for destroying them.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
When mobility itself—of the physical, social, and economic sort—depends on making payments to a car company, why would the industry change course?
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payment. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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payment
noun
pay·ment
ˈpā-mənt 
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