1
as in paying
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services
they are very prompt in the payment of their credit card bills
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2
as in pay
something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services
our payment for all the work we did barely covered our expenses we finally mailed our last car payment last week
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as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
your payment will be issued as a weekly check
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Recent Examples of payment
The execs were asked about Deadline’s recent exclusive report that the AMPTP has put out feelers about the above-the-line unions agreeing to a contract term longer than three years in exchange for AMPTP making payments to their health plans.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
Critics quickly said that merely requiring payment does not address the underlying problems with the tool.
—Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Kobo had been on the company’s 90-day payment plan, but the payments stopped coming in December.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 9 Jan. 2026
The work begins in practice long before payment is made.
—Kristin Brown, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Balanced growth, roads and other infrastructure, continuing a positive approach to economic development, attracting industry and high paying jobs.—
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Notably, Ditto is the best paying of the three, but doesn’t accept freelancers from California, Massachusetts and New Jersey.—
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More than 70 percent of ECHL players voted to walk away, just before Christmas, despite being offered a 20 percent pay bump by the league.—
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Ole Miss has enough dangerous weapons in quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, running back Kewan Lacy and wide receivers Harrison Wallace III, De’Zhaun Stribling and Deuce Alexander to make a tired defense pay.—
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And in an unusual move, Rubio has used her ballot measure committee to pay a nearly $4,000 monthly salary to a campaign worker.—
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However, the text of his Wednesday order caps salaries at current levels and ties future executive incentive compensation to delivery and production metrics.—
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Court rulings have favored athletes of late, winning them not just millions in compensation but the ability to play immediately after transferring rather than have to sit out a year as once was the case.—
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Reyes defended the compensation, saying it was negotiated in good faith.—
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Federal law only protects workers from being fired for having their wages garnished for one debt.—
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Denver officials are encouraging businesses and workers to contact Denver Labor with questions about the minimum wage and to report wage theft and other violations of worker protections.—
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“Payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payment. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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