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

In addition, between the 2022 and 2025 surveys, the share of families that reported being behind on loan payments sharply increased from about 12 percent to nearly 20 percent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The report also found that 24% of players had experienced late payments over the past two seasons, while 42% were not provided with a pension.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Her lawyer told the court Wieland didn’t realize that receiving the payments meant she wasn’t allowed to actually go outside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

He has now proposed amendments which would give him discretion to decide when the payments would take effect.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The payments on his used pickup truck and insurance run $580 a month, plus $200 in gas.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario