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 Merchant Risk Council’s 2026 fraud report found that 63% of merchants are exploring or implementing agentic AI payments, payments an AI agent initiates on a customer’s behalf, even as 62% report rising first-party misuse. — Wayne Hamilton, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Officials where the facility is being built have delayed permits necessary to power the project, and Oracle may seek to delay lease payments. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

The budget includes building materials, tool replacements and payments to subcontractors who come in and teach specific home renovation skills as needed. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Unpaid or delayed payments are shamefully common in the fashion industry. — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2026

Loop initiates Global Payments as buy Loop said the payments company has plenty of upside. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 25 Sep. 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

The company postponed interest payments starting in 2025, signaling structural financial issues. — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

The more likely outcome is that his payments will raise our annual national deficit, which is projected to reach $2 trillion by the end of the year, by about 50 percent--and add to the country's $40 trillion national debt. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026