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 The payment was made after Shook sold a majority stake in the company to a private equity firm a year ago. — Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Auto pay is also your friend in most situations, at least for making the minimum payments. — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 Sandlass, speaking to a packed room of local government leaders attending the Maryland Association of Counties summer convention in Ocean City, warned of an additional concern involving volatile income tax payments to the counties. — Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026 Making a larger down payment can lower monthly payments and potentially qualify you for a better interest rate. — Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for payment
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  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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  • Ireland’s museum sector is reportedly plagued by precarious contracts, low pay, unpaid labor, and toxic workplace cultures, driving burnout, excluding talent, and risking the loss of vital institutional knowledge.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For most of Season 3, many of those riders have come to realize that dragon riding is a whole lot of work with very little pay and they are still treated like second-class citizens.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of pay
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  • The additional pension costs imposed by AB 1383 would leave cities with less money for staffing, salaries, and other public services or require significant tax increases.
    — Mariana Trujillo, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Without his salary, Bondele says, paying rent, buying food and phone credit, covering transportation costs and paying water bills have become daily struggles.
    — Prosper Heri Ngorora, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of salary
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  • Boards routinely commit millions of dollars to CEOs and other senior leaders through salary, equity, long-term incentive plans, retention packages, and other forms of executive compensation.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Carradine’s family and estate are seeking unspecified general and wrongful-death damages and compensation for medical expenses incurred during his hospitalization.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of compensation
Noun
  • As most clubs don’t publish player wage bills, precise estimates of their squad costs are difficult to make.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Furthermore, extreme pay disparities exist, from low-wage support staff to multi-million dollar executive and athletic salaries, often tracking scale over prestige.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
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