Synonyms of payments

payments

noun

plural of payment

1

as in repayments

the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services

they are very prompt in the payment of their credit card bills

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repayments
• compensations
• disbursements
• remittances
• reimbursements
• renderings
• remitments
• remunerations
• prepayments
• overpayments

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• underpayments
• nonpayments

2

as in wages

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wages
• pays
• compensations
• salaries
• reparations
• considerations
• remittances
• reimbursements
• repayments
• deposits
• expenditures
• outlays
• rentals
• refunds
• stipends
• adjustments
• settlements
• remunerations
• recompenses
• indemnities
• disbursements
• rebates
• prepayments
• overpayments
• restitutions
• requitals
• rents
• recoupments
• redresses

3

as in salaries

the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services

your payment will be issued as a weekly check

Synonyms & Similar Words

• salaries
• wages
• pays
• paychecks
• stipends
• emoluments
• pay envelopes
• hires
• packets
• repayments
• earnings
• reimbursements
• profits
• minimum wages
• compensations
• nominal wages
• living wages
• reparations
• remittances
• overtimes
• returns
• restitutions
• recoupments
• take-home pays
• takings
• double times
• remunerations
• recompenses
• yields
• time and a halfs
• redresses
• requitals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of payments

Argentina's Treasury faces nearly $25 billion in foreign-currency debt payments coming due in 2027. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Processing tiny payments can cost more than the payments themselves. — Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Rent now, pay later services are one form, which break rent into multiple payments. — Adriana Morga, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

The Becerra supporters also identified a handful of pro-Hilton social media accounts which disclosed payments from the Republican in their page information but not on individual posts. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Households with more than one eligible person may receive multiple $500 payments, the official told CNBC. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Renters don’t get the same tax breaks, and no one is talking about making rent payments deductible. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Interamerican ultimately received $20 million in four $5 million payments. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

For the better part of a year, the company backed by Fortress Investment Group had skipped interest payments while trying to negotiate better repayment terms. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026