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Definition of front money
: money that is paid in advance for a promised service or product
Examples of front money in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web If there is no season, they won’t be paid with the exception of up-front money.
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Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, "Baseball union chief Tony Clark: 'We would play as long as we possibly could'," 28 Mar. 2020 Whales typically have a budget (front money or a credit line) ranging anywhere from $1M to $20M and in a weekend could easily be up or down millions.
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Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, "The Whale restaurant brings downtown luxury to Logan Square. But the food is dreadful.," 31 Oct. 2019 The app, a Silicon Valley startup, fronts money requested to its users before payday.
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Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, "Is this money app targeting Alabama children, young adults on social media?," 29 Sep. 2019 This includes: negotiating with Barcelona only, accepting a salary reduction and even the possibility of Neymar fronting money himself to pay off PSG to move (something which was also mooted as deadline day approached on Monday).
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SI.com, "Neymar: What Now for Barcelona & Paris Saint-Germain?," 4 Sep. 2019 Some of the judge’s credit-card debt in 2016 came from fronting money for season baseball tickets, the official said.
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Peter Nicholas, WSJ, "Disclosures Show Modest Finances for Supreme Court Nominee," 11 July 2018 Photo: Bentham IMF Funders front money for corporate litigation in exchange for a cut of any possible return.
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Sara Randazzo, WSJ, "The New Hot Law Job: Litigation Finance," 5 July 2018 Relocating 800 or so workers by December would cost the least in up-front money but more in long-term costs.
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Jeff Mcdonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Seller proposed Ash Street tower as a new City Hall, and Faulconer aides never told the City Council," 28 May 2018 The rest of the up-front money, $16.4 million, is a grant tied to the hotel tax.
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Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore County Council approves $43M package to aid Towson Row," 18 Dec. 2017
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The first known use of front money was circa 1928
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