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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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Harris hasn't proposed any tax cuts for Social Security beneficiaries, while Trump has floated eliminating federal income taxes on the retirement payments.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
That was not enough to make the payment excludable under section 104.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
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The measure creates a new $250,000 payment for families of first responders who are killed on duty as the result of a criminal act.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
That was not enough to make the payment excludable under section 104.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
The measure creates a new $250,000 payment for families of first responders who are killed on duty as the result of a criminal act.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for payment
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payment. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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payment
noun
pay·ment
ˈpā-mənt 
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