The phrase "assure payment" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to guarantee that a payment will be made or confirmed.
Example: "We need to assure payment before we proceed with the order."
Alternatives: "guarantee payment" or "confirm payment".
A means must be developed to assure payment to the copyright owner in return for unlimited and uncontrolled access to and duplication of the copyrighted work.
They make statistical studies to establish basic mortality and morbidity tables, develop corresponding premium rates, establish underwriting practices and procedures, determine the amounts of money required to assure payment of benefits, analyze company earnings, and counsel with the company accounting staff in organizing records and statements.
For example, where the whereabouts of the copyright owner may not be readily known, the terms should specify the nature of the obligation of the public broadcasting entity to locate the owner, or to set aside or otherwise assure payment of appropriate royalties, should he or she appear and make a claim.
Thomas Middelhoff, head of Bertelsmann, which has been working with Napster to assure payments to artists, said the internet upstart already has 56m clients, with 1.6m exchanging digital music at any time.
Employees within each of these categories were assured payment only to the extent of the pension assets.
People with claims had to decide whether to accept an early, assured payment from the fund or take their chances in the courts, possibly facing legal hardball tactics, delays and the risk of losing.
The properties from the Guggenheim and three of the four works from the Art Institute at Sotheby's are guaranteed, assuring payment of a minimum price to the consignors even if the paintings do not sell.
It operates processing networks, VisaNet, which offers fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants.
It was Stulberg who called the writers' first strike in 1954, establishing for all future collective-bargaining agreements the concept of "separation of rights and residuals". Under that plan, writers would be assured payment for their work regardless of the format in which it was used--such as plays, radio, television, film or sales promotion.
Factors important to sustainable delivery of care include an enabling environment, assured payment mechanisms for providers, and good collaboration and communication between public and private partners [ 102].
Five favored creating mandatory savings accounts managed by individuals, reducing the current program to a minimum safety net of assured payments.
