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

The second round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026

With stimulus checks gone and student loan payments back, Maggiulli suggests the drop may partly be a return to normal. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

What remains unclear is how much those inquiries overlap, and which contracts, payments or departments are drawing the most scrutiny. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026

Rancho Cordova is considering about $185 million in financial participation over 35 years, including fee waivers, city payments of development impact fees and a share of tax revenues generated by the development. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

In other words, researchers estimate that for a one-earner household, 52 cents of every dollar of income gained in recent years goes to higher debt payments. — Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Yet the proportion of Americans struggling with high debt payments and falling behind on their debt payments jumped, a sign of the toll that sharply higher inflation has taken on lower-income Americans. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Margaret’s response to Aly’s name change includes stopping the regular payments. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026