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

Example Sentences

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In South Korea, Samsung Electronics -- which has also profited massively from the AI memory chip boom -- resumed union talks in a bid to avoid a strike over bonus payments, due to start Thursday.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

At one stage, he says, he hid the statue in an undisclosed location in Ohio until final payments arrived.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Stripling believes he can win by concentrating on young athletes, the ones suddenly showered in six- or seven-figure payments from draft bonuses, college revenue sharing payments, and name, image and likeness deals.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

It also has the power to recover arrears if parents fall behind with payments.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

They didn’t meet their payments, she told Alvin Hooks.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson