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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You make a lump-sum payment to the insurance company and you start receiving regular payments, usually within the first 12 months.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

He has consistently denied wrongdoing or having ever received payments from Plus Ultra.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Nearly 80 crisis grant payments have been given out over a couple of months as people struggle financially, a council heard.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Samrith Sarav said she has borrowed money from neighbors and loan sharks to make her monthly microfinance payments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Food service workers brought them in and sold them to the cafeteria crews, who in turn had friends or relatives mail them the payments.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos