make the payments

基本解释

If you don't make the payments on time, the interest rate you pay is probably higher than normal.
如果你没有及时偿还，你很可能得付比平常高得多的利息。
They had to pay their own lenders, of course, but that wasn't a problem -- there was always someplace to borrow more money with which to make the payments.
当然，他们是必须要还债的，但那时还钱不成问题，因为反正还有地方能借到更多的钱偿还旧债。
If it hurts you every month to go over the bills and make the payments, then just set up automatic payments so that a fixed portion of your income goes towards paying debt.
如果每个月去查账款付款让你觉得很麻烦，那就设定一个自动每月付款，这样你收入中的一个定额就会自动地拿去偿还债款。

That was the last day the government said it had enough money to make all of its payments.
In exchange, the United States agreed to make yearly payments to the tribe.

In other words, someone might not be able to make the payments on their debt.
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Pretty soon, he can no longer fund his on-going expenses or make the payments on his debt.
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