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Come across this fill the blank quiz today. And not quite sure why the answer is "make"? For me, "use" sounds like a valid answer as well.

Q: Jack, don’t forget you can ____ a mobile payment to pay taxes this year. The deadline is 5/31!

Options:

【A】use

【B】make

【C】hold

【D】have

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  • Often multiple choice language questions tell you more about the questioner than about the language. Why do you think it could be ‘make’?
    – Tuffy
    Commented May 23, 2018 at 6:18
  • Just out of curiosity what is the deadline ‘5/31’ supposed to represent?
    – BladorthinTheGrey
    Commented May 23, 2018 at 6:34
  • @BladorthinTheGrey It represents that you have to pay the taxes before this date.
    – konekoya
    Commented May 23, 2018 at 7:25
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    @BladorthinTheGrey In the US dates are shortened to mm/dd/yy, but in the U.K. they are shortened to dd/mm/yy. You are puzzled because you are either a US citizen or have learned US English. So the British way of representing the 31st of May looks strange to you.
    – Tuffy
    Commented May 23, 2018 at 7:36
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    @konekoya Not quite. Only one of the 4 can be the answer the person who set the question had in mind, I know which I think it ought to be. But the question is testing you, not me!
    – Tuffy
    Commented May 23, 2018 at 7:40

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At first glance, "use" appears to be a valid response to me, as well. But when we consider which verbs are most commonly used with the noun "payment," it should be obvious that "to make (a) payment" is a very common idiom, whereas "to use (a) payment" is not. That is probably the reasoning behind the question.

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