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
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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
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as in salaries
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 payments
Providers must also cover rent or mortgage payments, insurance, food, utilities, supplies, maintenance and regulatory requirements.
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
In legal filings, Ohio Medicaid warned that recalculating the payments under the court's interpretation could cost about $285 million more per year than lawmakers originally intended, potentially approaching $1 billion over two budget cycles.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026
The president and chief executive officer of ActBlue repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination on Wednesday when lawmakers pressed her about the Democratic donation platform allegedly accepting foreign payments.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2026
Douglas Rissing / Getty Images Current Social Security recipients and those planning to receive Social Security payments in the near future may need to start building an alternative plan.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 June 2026
On a $30,000 balance, monthly payments could rise by about $4 under a quarter-point increase and roughly $8 under a half-point increase, according to Bankrate.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 10 June 2026
The retroactive payments reflect the increase in their payment amount dating back to January 2024, when the two provisions stopped applying.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Interest payments on the federal debt are projected to cost upward of $1 trillion next year — more than what the government will spend on Medicare or the military.
—Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Had the proposal been implemented, most of the cuts would have come from reduced payments to hospitals and healthcare providers.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
In legal filings, Ohio Medicaid warned that recalculating the payments under the court's interpretation could cost about $285 million more per year than lawmakers originally intended, potentially approaching $1 billion over two budget cycles.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026
The president and chief executive officer of ActBlue repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination on Wednesday when lawmakers pressed her about the Democratic donation platform allegedly accepting foreign payments.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2026
Douglas Rissing / Getty Images Current Social Security recipients and those planning to receive Social Security payments in the near future may need to start building an alternative plan.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 10 June 2026
On a $30,000 balance, monthly payments could rise by about $4 under a quarter-point increase and roughly $8 under a half-point increase, according to Bankrate.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 10 June 2026
The retroactive payments reflect the increase in their payment amount dating back to January 2024, when the two provisions stopped applying.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Interest payments on the federal debt are projected to cost upward of $1 trillion next year — more than what the government will spend on Medicare or the military.
—Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Had the proposal been implemented, most of the cuts would have come from reduced payments to hospitals and healthcare providers.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for payments
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What to know about Social Security repayments Those who have been overpaid by the Social Security Administration and haven't begun the repayment process may have noticed their monthly benefits shrinking.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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The money can help cover medical costs, mental health treatment, lost wages, funeral expenses and more — up to $70,000 in lifetime benefits.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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As The Athletic’s Laurie Whitwell has suggested, another loan to the Catalan club would at least help United alleviate the cost of his wages.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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In turn, some of the NBA Finals ticket revenue will end up in a pot to be divided up by the league’s roughly 450 players, primarily in the form of their salaries, Matheson said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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The vast majority of SpaceX employees – many of them engineers who were paid below-market salaries in return for stock – have never had large wealth to manage.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Guy Ritchie is a filmmaker and series creator whose prodigious busyness in terms of both workload and story approach has its compensations.—
Michael Phillips,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Just to cover the city’s various bond measures, the owner of a home with an assessed value of $1 million pays around $1,145 annually.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Even with premiums, co-pays and deductibles, the federal government cannot afford Medicare-for-some.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
26 May 2026
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As a result, the SBA authorized disbursements of about $29 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans and millions in other federal relief funds that the defendants allegedly spent on themselves, according to prosecutor Jonathan Bailyn.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
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Established in 1858, the Permanent School Fund provides annual disbursements to every public school district in the state.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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In the United States, federal reparations legislation has stalled for decades.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Iran is demanding reparations for the war's damage, an end to the blockade and an immediate end to the fighting, including in Lebanon.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
17 May 2026
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“Payments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payments. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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