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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Big deal The Association for Financial Professionals' (AFP) 2024 Payments Fraud and Control Survey finds that 80% of respondents report that their organizations were victims of attempted or actual payments fraud activity in 2023.
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
Financial technology startup Stripe will serve as the online payment provider.
—James Pollard, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
Financial technology startup Stripe will serve as the online payment provider.
—James Pollard, Quartz, 23 Apr. 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 6 May. 2024.
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payment
noun
pay·ment
ˈpā-mənt 
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