prepay

[ pree-pey ]

/ priˈpeɪ /

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verb (used with object), pre·paid, pre·pay·ing.

to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan.

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Origin of prepay

First recorded in 1830–40; pre- + pay¹

OTHER WORDS FROM prepay

pre·pay·a·ble, adjectivepre·pay·ment, noun

Words nearby prepay

prepared, preparedness, prepared piano, preparental, preparer, prepay, prepense, prepollex, preponderance, preponderant, preponderate

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How to use prepay in a sentence

A four-year Maryland prepaid college trust account will be funded for winners between the ages of 12 and 14.
Maryland offers chance at scholarships for teens who get vaccinated|Ovetta Wiggins|July 7, 2021|Washington Post
The Postal Service shouldn’t be prepaying future retirement benefits for hypothetical employees.
Slow mail is no way for USPS to cut costs, bipartisan group of lawmakers tells The Post|Jacob Bogage|June 24, 2021|Washington Post
The 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act required the Postal Service to prepay those expenses, a mandate that the agency could not meet.
Senators reach bipartisan deal to overhaul USPS finances, tighten accountability requirements|Jacob Bogage|May 19, 2021|Washington Post
She could prepay part of the loan and shorten her term, but she’d need to come up with at least $2,500, as Ygrene and Renovate America require.
State-Supported “Clean Energy” Loans Are Putting Borrowers At Risk of Losing Their Homes|by Jeremy Kohler and Haru Coryne|April 23, 2021|ProPublica

Many users are paying for things like utility bills and cell phone bills, turning them from prepaid to postpay.
Nelo raises $3M to grow ‘buy now, pay later’ in Mexico|Mary Ann Azevedo|April 16, 2021|TechCrunch
He still refused to accept the message and as the boys were without money it was impossible for them to prepay it.
The Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island|Ross Kay
I hear that in Montreal it was found necessary to use cent stamps to prepay the half cent rate.
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery|Clifton Armstrong Howes
Now the knaves are careful to caution their correspondents to send money by express, and to prepay the charges.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life|James D. McCabe
We were forced to prepay our guide and his father too, and he went but one day, although he promised to go with us to Katema.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
We furnish all materials free of charge, paper, etc., and prepay all costs of delivery to your home.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. Wooldridge

British Dictionary definitions for prepay

prepay

/ (priːˈpeɪ) /

verb -pays, -paying or -paid

(tr) to pay for in advance

Derived forms of prepay

prepayable, adjectiveprepayment, noun

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