prepayment

Example Sentences

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British Gas has agreed to pay £20m into a redress fund to settle an investigation by the regulator into the forced fitting of prepayment meters.

From BBC • May 15, 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

A decade ago, in 2015, the early prepayment rate that year was less than a third of outstanding balances at that level of incentive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The 52-year-old faced a huge public backlash after it emerged that debt agents working for British Gas were breaking into people's homes to fit prepayment meters.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

Postmasters will post up conspicuously in their respective offices a notice, calling attention to the provisions of the Act requiring prepayment.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr