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Examples of payment in a Sentence
Payment is due on the first of every month.
Prompt payment of your bill ensures that you will not have to pay any additional fees.
We require payment in advance for all goods purchased.
a payment plan to reduce your debt
cash, credit cards, and other methods of payment
Our records show that we received a payment of $215.36 in May.
Buy this product for three easy payments of only $19.95!
It took me five years to pay off the car, but I never missed a payment.
making payments on a loan
The credit card company just increased the penalty on late payments.
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But one of the issues in the debate is that House Speaker Matt Ritter of Hartford — a key budget negotiator — has called for making highly visible tax relief that could come in the form of direct payments.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
Before pursuing an eviction, CHA works with residents who are behind on rent by setting up payment plans, referring them to financial counseling and nonprofit legal services and searching for rental assistance funds, the authority said.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, 14 attorney generals have challenge DOGE's authority to access sensitive data at the Treasury payment systems in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
But Mexicans living in the United States will continue to send remittances, so a far greater proportion of the payments will likely begin to flow through Chinese underground banking systems.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
Before pursuing an eviction, CHA works with residents who are behind on rent by setting up payment plans, referring them to financial counseling and nonprofit legal services and searching for rental assistance funds, the authority said.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, 14 attorney generals have challenge DOGE's authority to access sensitive data at the Treasury payment systems in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
But Mexicans living in the United States will continue to send remittances, so a far greater proportion of the payments will likely begin to flow through Chinese underground banking systems.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payment. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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payment
noun
pay·ment
ˈpā-mənt 
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