in payment

idiom

: as a way of paying someone
We bought them dinner in payment for all their help.

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In fact the Government Accountability Office does say that both Medicare and Medicaid made more than $100 billion in payment errors in 2023. NBC News, 2 Mar. 2025 Depending on the type of benefit and the amount of one's pension, the change in payment amount will vary from person to person, the SSA stated. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025 Isaacman, who made his fortune in payment processing, has personally financed and flown on private SpaceX missions. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 But there are concerns that in some cases, the engineers are being given the ability to write code in payment systems that account for a massive portion of the U.S. economy. Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in payment

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“In payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20payment. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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