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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The litigation is related to the 2022 investigation by WWE’s board that found that McMahon made at least $14.6 million in payments between 2006 and 2022 for “alleged misconduct.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

And investors currently collect $3.52 per share in annual dividend payments External link, for a dividend yield of 2.5%, while Idacorp’s story unfolds.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

American Consumer Credit Counseling, a nonprofit that works with credit-card companies to reduce interest rates and monthly payments for people in debt, helped her devise a payback plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

That referred to alleged payments Barcelona made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the former vice-president of Spain's referees' committee.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

A week after mailing in the last payments, several migrants go back to her office to see how things are going.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario