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

Its debt payments now eat about a quarter of the national budget, and the government just penciled in a 3% borrowing cost, up from 2%.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Visa recorded higher revenue in its latest quarter, with the payments company pointing to resilient spending among consumers and businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Under plans to encourage young people into work, families will be offered a bursary to replace Universal Credit payments lost by starting jobs.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Known as the Record of Emergency Data, this form designates that beneficiaries get $100,000 tax-free cash and any unreceived payments after a servicemember dies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

At the moment, however, this money was nowhere near sufficient to permit the family to live on the interest payments.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka