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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Attorney David Lira, 65, Girardi’s son-in-law, pleaded guilty last year to a criminal contempt charge for his willful failure to abide by the settlement payment order.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The New York investigation comes less than a week after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services halted Medicaid payments to Minnesota over fraud concerns.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
Investigators allege those payments were instead taken out of the mail stream, changed and then cashed remotely using mobile deposits tied to accounts in the Houston area.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Following the incident, traffic cameras showed Canizales Argueta’s car enter a McDonald’s parking lot, where an individual was seen making a payment at the window.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The New York investigation comes less than a week after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services halted Medicaid payments to Minnesota over fraud concerns.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
Investigators allege those payments were instead taken out of the mail stream, changed and then cashed remotely using mobile deposits tied to accounts in the Houston area.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Following the incident, traffic cameras showed Canizales Argueta’s car enter a McDonald’s parking lot, where an individual was seen making a payment at the window.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payment. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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payment
noun
pay·ment
ˈpā-mənt 
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