PAYMENT in a Sentence

Learn PAYMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
81 example sentences for PAYMENT, such as:
1. Non payment of rent can mean eviction.
2. Oh, I'm not asking for payment in kind.
3. This material can be reproduced without payment.
4. Any item can be reserved on payment of a deposit.
5. There will be a penalty for late payment of bills.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PAYMENT
payment
 n.  a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
 n.  an act of requiting; returning in kind
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  Fact is, I was going to ask you to give me a little extra time on that payment.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  The quick Fontaine tempers flared when she put a greenback on the table and they flatly refused payment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
3  Lily felt really virtuous as she dispensed the sum in sops to her tradesmen, and the fact that a fresh order accompanied each payment did not lessen her sense of disinterestedness.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
4  Oh, I'm not asking for payment in kind.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
5  If they all combined, they would have enough to make the first payment; and if they had employment, so that they could be sure of the future, it might really prove the best plan.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
6  Then Marija and Jonas were between them to take a third share in the house, which would leave only eight dollars a month for Jurgis to contribute to the payment.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  The prisoner had come into his saloon after midnight, fighting drunk, and had ordered a glass of beer and tendered a dollar bill in payment.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
8  It's some time since I was articled, but the payment of that hundred pounds was a great pull.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27. TOMMY TRADDLES
9  We both recommended a small sum in money, and the payment, without stipulation to Mr. Micawber, of the Uriah claims as they came in.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. Mr. MICAWBER'S TRANSACTIONS
10  Then Levin had driven over himself, and arranged to have the grass cut, partly by hired labor, partly at a payment of a certain proportion of the crop.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 11
11  The other matter, the payment of the sums due, was met too by difficulties.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 26
12  All his salary went on household expenses and in payment of petty debts that could not be put off.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 17
13  To meet this cash payment, as I have stated, I had just fifty cents when I reached the institution.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
14  I soon learned, however, that this money could be used only for the payment of the salaries of the instructors, and that there was no provision for securing land, buildings, or apparatus.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII.
15  Marshall, the Treasurer of the Hampton Institute, who had had faith enough to lend us the first two hundred and fifty dollars with which to make a payment down on the farm.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XI.
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1  We would be grateful for prompt payment of your account.
2  Harry Reasoner, the lead attorney for the insurers, said they were justified in withholding payment on several grounds.
3  The payment was made to avoid threatened litigation.
4  I've made/put a down payment on a new TV and video.
5  The payment will be refunded to you minus a small service charge.
6  He arranges to collect the payment from the customer, thus saving the client the paperwork.
7  The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
8  Consider the bad times as down payment for the good times.
9  An employee is not eligible for a redundancy payment unless he has been with the company for two years.
10  She laid down strict rules for her tenants including prompt payment of rent.
11  A certain percentage of your salary is kept back by your employer as an insurance payment.
12  Any item can be reserved on payment of a deposit.
13  There will be a penalty for late payment of bills.
14  This material can be reproduced without payment.
15  Non payment of rent can mean eviction.