prepay
verb (used with object)
prepayment
-
a word derived from
prepay.
Example Sentences
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The typical annual bill for prepayment customers will be £1,812, up 13% from £1,597.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
In a LinkedIn post following the earnings announcement, Micron’s chief business officer Sumit Sadana said that the company has already signed 16 strategic customer agreements, or long-term purchase commitments with significant customer prepayment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Type C communities guarantee access to different levels of care, but entrance fees are lower as they don’t include prepayment for future healthcare.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
In 2015, the company opted to wait closer to maturity for almost a year because it didn’t want to pay a roughly $70 million prepayment penalty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
The prepayment of postage became necessarily a feature of his plan; but he experienced some difficulty in arriving at a feasible method of adopting it.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
