payment

noun

ˈpā-mənt How to pronounce payment (audio)
Definition of paymentnext
1
as in paying
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services they are very prompt in the payment of their credit card bills

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2
as in pay
something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services our payment for all the work we did barely covered our expenses we finally mailed our last car payment last week

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3
as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services your payment will be issued as a weekly check

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Recent Examples of payment Why 10 years matters The website Just Gloves wrote in 2024 that a player who gets to 10 years of service time can receive a $68,000 pension payment yearly, starting at age 45. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026 Due date for individual taxpayers filing on extension (payment was still due April 15). — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Ransomware encrypts and steals data from computer networks in order to extort ransom payments. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 In March, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its annual report to Congress on Medicare payment policy. — Christopher P. Childers, STAT, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for payment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for payment
  1. paying
  2. pay
  3. salary
  4. compensation
  5. wage
Noun
  • The affordability crisis extends to healthcare, housing, and access to good paying jobs.
    — Elijah Manley, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
  • The survey shows who will be doing more of the paying.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Definition of paying
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  • The law would be repealed if it is absorbed by a collective bargaining agreement that gives the special education teacher aides equal to or better than a $10,000 pay raise.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
  • The Paramount response, via a two-page press release, followed the filing of the lawsuit, which contends that the merger will create an anticompetitive entity controlling too much of the pay-TV and movie studio sectors.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 July 2026
Definition of pay
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  • Goldin, 25, is now guaranteed at least a two-way contract salary from the Heat for this upcoming season.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Enhanced paid the athletes salaries, and each winner would get a quarter-million-dollar bonus.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of salary
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  • Since then, the state agency has been collecting and publishing the compensation data of more than 2 million workers across more than 5,000 public agencies — including special districts, universities and state departments.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • From this decrease, labor compensation and wages also declined.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Definition of compensation
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  • That would include legally-binding requirements outlining hiring, wages, safety protocols and environmental protections that would benefit residents locally.
    — Sofi Zeman July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • Rising costs across the produce supply chain Growing everything from strawberries to collard greens is labor intensive, and for many years, worker shortages have compelled farms to hike wages.
    — Elizabeth Canales, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
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