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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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
This means all developers can offer both Apple’s payment service side by side with their own payment service.
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 1 May 2025
The state's payment processing platform was down for several hours Thursday until the firm that operated it renewed the domain, Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester's office said.
—Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2025
Song had previously spent five years working on identity fraud solutions as an engineer at point-of-sale software giant Square, which in the early ‘10s launched products like digital payment app Cash App and loan provider Square Capital—both of which required different ways to verify someone.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Eric announced that the building will accept bitcoin payments.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 1 May 2025
The state's payment processing platform was down for several hours Thursday until the firm that operated it renewed the domain, Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester's office said.
—Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2025
Song had previously spent five years working on identity fraud solutions as an engineer at point-of-sale software giant Square, which in the early ‘10s launched products like digital payment app Cash App and loan provider Square Capital—both of which required different ways to verify someone.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Eric announced that the building will accept bitcoin payments.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for payment
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These changes could improve staff retention, especially if salaries achieve pay parity with kindergarten teachers.—
Dr. Alissa Chen,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2025
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Some states have introduced strict labor laws around things like pay transparency, mandatory benefits, retirement programs, and worker classification.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The salary cap is projected to be $154.6 million next season with the luxury tax projected as $187.9 million, the first apron projected at $195.9 million and the second apron projected at $207.8 million.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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With a salary cap rising to $95.5 million for 2025-26, the Ducks enter the offseason with what CapWages estimates will be more than $39 million of cap space available for usage.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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In these instances, many survivors never see their abusers held accountable and never receive proper compensation because many attorneys view these cases as infeasible, thereby denying survivors access to the civil justice system.—
Samantha Dos Santos,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Apr. 2025
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Employee compensation as a share of national income had been 61.8% during that 2010-to-2019 period.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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By contrast, tariffs would differentiate American industrialization from the British experience, shielding domestic labor from subsistence wages and securing workers opportunities for social-economic mobility.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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If even one employee lives in California, Illinois, or Oregon, the company could suddenly be responsible for following all three states' retirement plan mandates, wage laws, and reporting requirements, according to HR Daily Advisor.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payment. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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