payments

NOUN

fee; installment of fee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amount award cash deposit disbursement fee outlay pension premium refund reimbursement remittance reparation repayment restitution return reward salary settlement subsidy sum support wage

STRONG

acquittal advance alimony amends amortization annuity bounty defrayal defrayment discharge down hire indemnification part portion quittance reckoning recompense redress remuneration requital retaliation

WEAK

pay-off paying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

debt penalty

STRONG

whole

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payments

But unlike with a typical home-equity loan, they don’t make payments each month.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

The BBC has seen evidence that Singh is still trading as Morgan, Payne and Knightly, is still receiving money from tenants, and is still being contacted by numerous landlords chasing their payments.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Treasury officials also suspended several general licenses for remittance payments and provided more sanctions-risk guidance to those who comply with Iran’s demands in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The company said in a statement that it expects people to be able to start submitting claims this fall, with payments for eligible claims to follow “swiftly thereafter.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

But I’m missing credit payments left and right, and I still have to make rent, so I catch a slave at the Parker House, a big restaurant downtown.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz