overpayments

plural of overpayment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpayments
Noun
  • Interest payments on the federal debt are projected to cost upward of $1 trillion next year — more than what the government will spend on Medicare or the military.
    Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Social Security has promised to increase benefits and make retroactive payments to people affected by the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Krogan took a more aggressive view, arguing that administration officials responsible for holding back disbursements while under contempt could eventually face jail time until the funding is released.
    Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
  • One of the most impactful changes to the CTC during the pandemic was the shift from lump-sum payments at tax filing time to monthly disbursements.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • With a not insubstantial piece of Mexico’s economy reliant on production stateside, a cessation of those inflows will logically impoverish a big number of those formerly sustained directly by remittances.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The aforementioned remittances are indicative of this speculation.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Overpayments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpayments. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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