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payment

[pey-muhnt] / ˈpeɪ mənt /


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Any type of payment card with a magnetic stripe is potentially at risk, authorities say, but EBT cards are the softest targets.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Still, many California merchants aren’t yet equipped with chip-and-tap technology for their payment terminals.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Fashion specialists tried to add more ways to transact, giving sellers more checks and balances and adding delivery and payment methods to help buyers feel safe.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Some of them used credit deals arranged by the fraudsters or expensive payday loans to make the upfront payment.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Tribute is payment of some kind that a ruler demands of peoples who have been conquered.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Paramount’s agreement with Warner also included a “ticking fee” with payments to Warner shareholders of roughly $650 million a quarter, or $7 million a day, beginning next month, until the transaction closes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Redcar and Cleveland Council had the highest enrolment - 87% of entitled families were claiming the weekly payments.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

In 2020, McClatchy went to court to restructure its finances, arguing it couldn’t meet its debt payments and pension obligations.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

The growing popularity of these products hinges on a tantalizing hook: bond-like yield payments that may, in some cases, exceed 15% as a target.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

Now I feel like I only have one alternative—dropping out of high school and getting a full-time job to help my parents with all their payments until they come back home.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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