prepayment

Example Sentences

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Those on prepayment meters can use less energy during the warmer summer months.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

“One significant reason those spreads have widened is because borrowers are better at exercising prepayment options,” said Adam Rilander, chief investment officer at Bright Meadow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

There also would have to be lenders willing to make them and capable of managing a more complex set of default, interest-rate, duration and prepayment risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

British Gas also faced a scandal over force-fitting prepayment meters in the homes of vulnerable people who fell behind on bills, something he says the company doesn't do anymore.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

If the prepayment of the postage covered the whole expense, a carrier could deliver ten letters where he now delivers one, and fewer persons would be able to deliver them.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)