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prepaid

  • past participle
    of prepay.
    prepay
    verb (used with object)
    to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due.
  • past tense form
    of prepay.
    prepay
    verb (used with object)
    to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due.

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Service revenue may have remained flat as tighter prepaid SIM registration rules weighed on demand, although lower dealer commissions and SIM card costs should cushion the impact, they reckon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

According to Solcard, a crypto-funded prepaid payment and virtual card platform, somewhere between 560 million and 741 million people own crypto worldwide in 2026.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

For those who don’t know, the Direct Express card is a prepaid debit card on which a person’s federal benefit gets loaded each month.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

This means the risk of mortgages getting prepaid either much faster or much more slowly is once again a major consideration for investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Once, I used the prepaid cell phone we had bought in a market in Pátzcuaro and called my parents, even though the phone was supposed to be reserved for emergencies only.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez