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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Interesting factoid #2: The first monthly Social Security payment was issued on January 31, 1940 to Ida May Fuller of Vermont, who had paid $24.75 into the system in 1937, 1938, and 1939.
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
All this documentation will come in handy if your loan balance or payment history is reported inaccurately in the future.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
The proposal includes the potential for another $1 million to be paid out if the Jaguars play in Orlando and make the playoffs – each home playoff game boosting the payment by $500,000.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
In its own readout, the Kremlin said the Black Sea truce would come into effect only once the U.S. had lifted sanctions on its fertilizers and agricultural trade while expanding access to ports and payment systems.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
All this documentation will come in handy if your loan balance or payment history is reported inaccurately in the future.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
The proposal includes the potential for another $1 million to be paid out if the Jaguars play in Orlando and make the playoffs – each home playoff game boosting the payment by $500,000.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
In its own readout, the Kremlin said the Black Sea truce would come into effect only once the U.S. had lifted sanctions on its fertilizers and agricultural trade while expanding access to ports and payment systems.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payment. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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payment
noun
pay·ment
ˈpā-mənt 
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