I have sent payments vs I have sent the payments

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have sent payments' is more general and implies sending some payments without specifying which ones. 'I have sent the payments' is more specific and refers to sending particular payments that have been previously mentioned or are known to both the speaker and the listener.

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I have sent payments

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to sending payments in a general sense without specifying which payments.

Examples:

I have sent payments to various vendors this month.
She has sent payments for the services rendered.

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No, I never said I sent the payment.
Sent her payment to that address, too.
My man in the port of dubai says his payment was sent last week.
Number and value of payment transactions sent by non-MFIs through PSPs.
Certified interim payments sent by Member States to the Commission amount to 5% of the overall EFF allocation.
Expenditure paid by the beneficiaries included in payment claims sent to the managing authority
Admissible payment applications sent by Member States by 31 October are normally settled by 31 December.
Given that no reimbursement of the amounts promised by Ruse Industry took place, the Bulgarian authorities sent a reminder for payment in February 2009.
Shipowners shall take all the necessary steps to ensure that the copies of the logbook are sent and any additional payments made within the deadlines given in points 5 and 8.
Where the Member State chooses this option, the Commission shall apply this system to all interim payments requests sent by 31 December 2010 for the given operational programme.
The cut-off time for cross-border customer payments sent from a participant in a connected NCB's RTGS system via a serviceproviding NCB is 16.52:30.
Which department draws-up the request for payment sent to the European Commission (Article...)
That delay related to uncleared TIR carnets registered in the period from 1991 to 1993 and in respect of which the requests for payment were sent out too late by the Netherlands authorities.
Entitlement of a consumer to whom misleading advertising has been sent to seek payment, in judicial proceedings, of the prize which he has ostensibly won
the expenditure paid out by the beneficiaries included in applications for payment sent to the managing authority and the corresponding public contribution;
the date on which the agency concerned has issued and sent the payment document to a financial institute or to the beneficiary.
the certifying authority has sent a payment application comprising the following documents by 31 March of the fifth year following the last budgetary commitment:
Where appropriate, the payment order sent to the accounting officer shall be accompanied by a document certifying that the goods have been entered in the inventories referred to in Article 90(1).
the Member State has sent an application for payment comprising the following documents by 31 March 2017:
In order to file an international application, a transmittal fee of EUR 300 must be paid to OHIM. All the other fees relating to international applications must be paid directly to WIPO. Any international application payments sent to OHIM will be returned to applicants.

Alternatives:

I have made payments
I have transferred money
I have paid bills
I have sent money

I have sent the payments

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to specific payments that have been previously mentioned or are known to both the speaker and the listener.

Examples:

I have sent the payments for the invoices we received last week.
She has sent the payments for the products we ordered.

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No, I never said I sent the payment.
the date on which the agency concerned has issued and sent the payment document to a financial institute or to the beneficiary.
Sent her payment to that address, too.
Where appropriate, the payment order sent to the accounting officer shall be accompanied by a document certifying that the goods have been entered in the inventories referred to in Article 90(1).
My man in the port of dubai says his payment was sent last week.
Number and value of payment transactions sent by non-MFIs through PSPs.
Certified interim payments sent by Member States to the Commission amount to 5% of the overall EFF allocation.
I have sent the guards to fetch him.
I have sent the guards to fetch him.
Expenditure paid by the beneficiaries included in payment claims sent to the managing authority
Admissible payment applications sent by Member States by 31 October are normally settled by 31 December.
Given that no reimbursement of the amounts promised by Ruse Industry took place, the Bulgarian authorities sent a reminder for payment in February 2009.
Shipowners shall take all the necessary steps to ensure that the copies of the logbook are sent and any additional payments made within the deadlines given in points 5 and 8.
Where the Member State chooses this option, the Commission shall apply this system to all interim payments requests sent by 31 December 2010 for the given operational programme.
The cut-off time for cross-border customer payments sent from a participant in a connected NCB's RTGS system via a serviceproviding NCB is 16.52:30.
Which department draws-up the request for payment sent to the European Commission (Article...)
I have sent the DNA monitor back into redevelopment.
Speaking of which, I have sent the DNA monitor back into redevelopment.
That delay related to uncleared TIR carnets registered in the period from 1991 to 1993 and in respect of which the requests for payment were sent out too late by the Netherlands authorities.
Entitlement of a consumer to whom misleading advertising has been sent to seek payment, in judicial proceedings, of the prize which he has ostensibly won

Alternatives:

I have sent those payments
I have sent all the payments
I have sent the money
I have sent the funds

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I have sent payments vs I have sent the payments