overpayments

plural of overpayment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpayments
Noun
  • She was told she would be added to the payroll of a fake company, with payments coming from one of Jeffrey Epstein’s Bank of America accounts.
    Chase Jordan October 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, our $1 trillion interest bill was $160 billion greater than this year’s price tag on the Pentagon, and every $4 of $5 collected by the federal government went solely to interest payments, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Grant disbursements for Gateway have been on hold since then, Sigmund said in an email.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Only about 16% of graduate students have relied on Grad PLUS loans, but the program accounted for 32% of federal-loan disbursements, according to a report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workplace.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Others questioned whether the country could still receive digital remittances, on which its economy relies.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • From Africa to Latin America to Southeast Asia, governments have used migration as a pressure valve — letting their best talent leave, send remittances, and keep broken systems intact.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Overpayments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpayments. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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