How to Use payment in a Sentence
payment
noun- Payment is due on the first of every month.
- It took me five years to pay off the car, but I never missed a payment.
- Prompt payment of your bill ensures that you will not have to pay any additional fees.
- The credit card company just increased the penalty on late payments.
- We require payment in advance for all goods purchased.
- Buy this product for three easy payments of only $19.95!
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There are still payments to be made on the car and house.
— Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023 -
The second day’s payments then would be deferred to the next day and so on.
— Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023 -
Monthly payments on the car were supposed to be $1,903 — and both Brielle and Kim were named in the suit.
— Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024 -
The payment was not rent paid to Joe Biden for the use of his Delaware home.
— Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023 -
The fare is $2 for a one-way ride using a Ventra card and $2.25 for cash payments.
— Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024 -
Either their bank blocked the payment or the fake shop itself did not process it.
— Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 8 June 2024 -
The highest payment goes to people who retire at the age of 70.
— Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2023 -
The Hayes estate has demanded payment of $3 million for the use of the song.
— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024 -
Instead, he was paid $14 an hour in cash, and some months those payments didn’t come on time.
— Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 3 July 2024 -
Perkins’ family said in a statement that the truck payments were up to date, so the truck shouldn’t have been towed.
— Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023 -
The final step is to purchase the vehicle, submit the payment, and get the keys.
— Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Make sure to contact them ahead of time and ask before payment.
— Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023 -
With the latter, the winner receives just over half that amount as a lump sum payment.
— The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 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.
— Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2024 -
Under its terms and conditions, the card lists a late payment fee of up to $8.
— Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 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, 16 Aug. 2024 -
Cohen claims that Schiller handed the phone to Trump, after which the two of them discussed the Stormy Daniels payment.
— Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 May 2024 -
As these costs have increased, so have the monthly housing payment tied to them.
— Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023 -
Although she was crushed that the job didn’t work out, the payment gave her a higher opinion of the company.
— Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023 -
The scammer demands that the person or their relatives make a payment over the phone to void the warrant.
— Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023 -
If the payments are not made, the person will be arrested, the scammer often says.
— City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023 -
With the first option, the jackpot amount is spread out over 30 years as an annual payment.
— Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024 -
Unlike with a purchase, monthly payments don’t end when a loan is paid off.
— Tom Krisher, Fortune, 30 May 2023 -
Musk amplifies Trump's messages on his social media platform X, campaigns for Trump in swing states and now is trying to mobilize the base with cash payments.
— Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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