prepay
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Back in recessionary 2009, sales plunged as fewer people were willing to prepay for years of vacations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service treats these conversions as income because you are essentially choosing to prepay taxes on them.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
Netflix may prepay the loans, or reduce or terminate the unutilized portion of the commitments, without penalty, but prepaid amounts may not be reborrowed, according to the filing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
For example, a worker with a W-2 could sell some stock and, depending on the state, prepay the income tax on the profits.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
It was not necessary in those days to prepay the postage, which was much dearer than it is now.
From Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
“It’s a new story for them, and it is very simple to understand: Producing assets, no debt, no royalties, no prepays, no hedges, executing well, optionality, strong balance sheet,” Bond said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Peter Holt prepays $66 for two checked bags on his Avianca flight from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Mexico City.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
In its latest promotion, AT&T is offering up to two Roku Premiere boxes for any new DirecTV Now, AT&T Unlimited Choice, or Unlimited Plus customer that prepays for two months of service.
From The Verge ● Jun. 15, 2017
Is he at Ronda?' and prepays the reply.
From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle) Mason
She found the property on Google and was making payments by getting prepaid debit cards and transferring the code by phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In exchange for narrower networks and stricter prior-authorization rules, enrollees can choose plans with extra benefits, such as dental and vision coverage, prepaid debit cards to buy healthy food, or transportation to the doctor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Meanwhile, prepaid trends were mixed as gross additions rose sharply, but net adds fell and churn jumped to 5.01%, which points to higher turnover in lower-value segments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Those include grocery vouchers at Food4Less, housing vouchers for those who elect to relocate during cleanup, cash assistance through prepaid cards and support for utility bills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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
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Or would you be better off paying down your credit-card balance, prepaying your mortgage or doing some of each?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
"For prepaying customers, when the money on the meter runs out and there's no means of topping up, so does the energy," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2023
Budget-conscious attendees who are less concerned about being downtown likely booked their rooms during the early bird sale, which usually involves prepaying for the stay in full.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Some $3.6 billion of PDVSA's pending payments may be unrecoverable, Reuters reporting showed, because they are tied to tankers that left the country without prepaying at least a portion of the cargoes' value.
From Reuters ● Mar. 24, 2023
The founder of the system of prepaying postage by placing a small label on one corner of the letter was Sir Rowland Hill.
From Harper's Young People, November 25, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various