1
as in paying
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services
they are very prompt in the payment of their credit card bills
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2
as in pay
something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services
our payment for all the work we did barely covered our expenses we finally mailed our last car payment last week
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as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
your payment will be issued as a weekly check
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Recent Examples of payment
The probe centers on Robinhood’s use of payment for order flow — a common practice where market makers pay to execute trades — which the AG said can result in worse pricing for customers.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 11 July 2025
The auditor requested more information from the clerk about the invoice, but the clerk has not provided any, and the auditor won’t process the bill for payment.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
According to the department, the federal government's surplus stems from the decision to accelerate some June payments for active military members, veterans benefits, Medicare payments and other outlays in May, given June 1 fell on a Sunday.
—arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
The latter had a five-year contract worth €400 million per year and withheld half of its payment for the first season of Ligue 1, pointing to low subscriber numbers.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 July 2025
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 11 July 2025
The auditor requested more information from the clerk about the invoice, but the clerk has not provided any, and the auditor won’t process the bill for payment.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
According to the department, the federal government's surplus stems from the decision to accelerate some June payments for active military members, veterans benefits, Medicare payments and other outlays in May, given June 1 fell on a Sunday.
—arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
The latter had a five-year contract worth €400 million per year and withheld half of its payment for the first season of Ligue 1, pointing to low subscriber numbers.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for payment
Noun
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The judge, who has been suspended with pay by the state Supreme Court, was excused from attending the hearing.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
9 July 2025
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Washington — Secret Service suspended six personnel without pay as the agency faced intense scrutiny after the assassination attempt against President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, nearly a year ago.—
Laura Geller,
CBS News,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Lazard will have a base salary of $2.25 million this upcoming season.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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Raise salaries, diminish contractual obligations to teach, include the expenses of laboratory instruction and add the depreciation of expensive buildings — all factors in the sciences — and tuition becomes wholly inadequate to cover even the cost of instruction.—
Clifford Ando,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The compensation failed to account for the lifetime of income and family wealth his land provided.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has been on a hiring spree, bringing on major AI leaders including Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang, startup founder Daniel Gross and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman with high compensation.—
Mark Gurman,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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This begs a clear question of training providers, employers, and governments: What if your workforce investment strategy was judged not by how many people enrolled, but by how many got hired with better wages after completing it?—
Jason Wingard,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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More than 3,000 Sacramento County workers went on strike Tuesday morning urging the Board of Supervisors to raise employee wages.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 July 2025
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payment. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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