regular payment
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈrɛɡjələr ˈpeɪmənt/
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- When buying the car, she agreed to a plan that required regular payments every month.
- make regular payment
- regular payment of salaries
Examples
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The security buyer gets regular payments from all those mortgages; the banker offloads the risk.
Blog text (25) -
The other women in the group do not begin receiving their loans until the first two begin regular payments.
Academic text (1998) -
If they take it, you will have to start off making regular payments toward the firm.
Blog text (17) -
We're a little short of cash at the moment, but we'll make regular payments and pay reasonable interest.
Fiction book (1991) -
The city took over that ownership in exchange for regular payments, and those payments are still being made.
Fiction book (2001) -
"I can make my regular payment," Mr. Inverness said, "but not a cent more."
Fiction book (1991) -
I've been making regular payments.
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This means making regular payments and not dodging their letters and calls.
Blog text (15) -
Regular payments were made into a sort of escrow fund.
Fiction book (2001) -
A debt consolidation program or software aids you in combining your many charges that you won't be able to deal with into a reduced single regular payment.
Blog text (17)
Synonyms
24
3.2
One part of the total cost paid regularly over time
A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance
Antonyms
- Specialized
16
3.7
A single large payment that you get all at once instead of in smaller parts
How Often
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2.7
8
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a payment made at fixed intervals' is directly and compositionally derived from 'regular' (happening at fixed intervals) + 'payment' (giving money). This straightforward noun phrase follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Regular payment comes from the simple idea of a payment that happens at a regular time, like rent taken on the same day each month. So, it means 'a payment at set times'.