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 payments were introduced following a 2024 assassination attempt on Fico, who was shot and gravely wounded after a government meeting, shocking the small country and reverberating across Europe.
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ABC News,
4 July 2026
Social Security payment amounts are set to shrink unless Congress takes preventive action.
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Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2026
If the court approves the settlement and no delays follow, payments would come later.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
For the average single-family home, the current payment is $58 annually.
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Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
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ABC News,
4 July 2026
Social Security payment amounts are set to shrink unless Congress takes preventive action.
—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2026
If the court approves the settlement and no delays follow, payments would come later.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
For the average single-family home, the current payment is $58 annually.
—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
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The survey shows who will be doing more of the paying.
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And many of the jobs that were created are part-time or low paying.
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Several companies noted their CEO’s pay is tied to executive performance, whether through equity or bonuses tied to meeting certain milestones or goals.
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The ratings draw on data from millions of actual workers, in postings on LinkedIn, Indeed and other sites that illustrate patterns in pay, retention and advancement.
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The Sacramento Kings traded guard Devin Carter and a second-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks for salary cap relief Monday.
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Book deals regularly eclipse Supreme Court justices' $300,000 government salaries.
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In addition to the monetary compensation and scholarship awards, pageantry is also helping the girls build confidence and learn key behavioral skills.
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Over the past decade, home prices have risen much faster than wages.
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For this calculation, the institutional research department compared UC graduates’ earnings to out-of-pocket costs for their degrees and the opportunity costs of forgone wages of high school graduates of the same age.
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payment. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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