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prepay

[pree-pey] / priˈpeɪ /


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They can prepay for funerals and give gifts, as long as they do so ahead of the look-back period.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

These can be collected when borrowers prepay their loans early by refinancing, or when a new loan is arranged.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

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

If you think there would be funds left after she dies, then you can do things like prepay for her funeral and give gifts to family members.

From MarketWatch Jan. 26, 2026

In England, they also enclose a stamp to prepay the answer.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton

“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

That is split evenly between a private placement for Nvidia that will close alongside the IPO, and a prepaid forward contract.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

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

He said Blake used a prepaid phone card to call McLarty but was careless enough to do it from his home landline.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 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

“Your rooms are prepaid through December first, but every morning we charge the previous day’s incidentals, like room service and pet cleaning fees. Today the payment was denied.”

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

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




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