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
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  1. paying
  2. pay
  3. salary
  4. compensation
  5. wage
Noun
  • The survey shows who will be doing more of the paying.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • And many of the jobs that were created are part-time or low paying.
    — Justin Mayo, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Definition of paying
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  • Advocates say clinics spend too much on executive pay and other administrative costs and not enough on patient care.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • His government also points to shrinking the gender pay gap and boosting support for women’s reproductive health.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 6 July 2026
Definition of pay
Noun
  • No one expects Moreno to spend like the Dodgers do (and even Walter’s fellow owners want a salary cap in an attempt to stop the Dodgers).
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • That adds up to just $15,080 a year, based on a standard 40-hour workweek—less than a third of the average American’s salary of around $60,000 yearly.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 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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  • The new fees would cover enforcement of the city’s new hospitality wage, which took effect July 1, along with the city’s traffic control worker wage, which took effect in 2023, and a compliance system usage fee for city contracts.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • That's $30,000 above the median wages for all jobs — quite a leap for a program that takes less than two years to complete and costs about $42,000 at PIA.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 July 2026
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