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payments

  • plural
    of payment.
    payment
    noun
    something that is paid; an amount paid; compensation; recompense.

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A store manager at a coffee chain, Woodward bought a house last year to avoid throwing money at increasingly high rent payments, but it has been “hard to survive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

It is also examining payments from a company controlled by Reform's deputy leader, Richard Tice, which received £1m from Fiona Cottrell in June 2024.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Central to his plan is turning payments app Venmo into a one-stop money-management app with tools for consumers to keep budgets and invest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

That has implications for government policy because of rising interest payments, and for the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Unity was where I went once every three months to make insurance payments for my parents.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers