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verb

past tense of prepay

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of prepaid
Adjective
If a unit becomes uninhabitable, landlords must return any prepaid rent and allow tenants to end their lease without penalties, the law says. Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025 The trailer ends with Justin receiving a prepaid call from New Jersey’s FCI Fort Dix, where Combs is currently serving out his 50-month sentence. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 29 Dec. 2025 Get up to $300 in statement credits semi-annually for up to a total of $600 in statement credits per calendar year on prepaid Fine Hotels + Resorts® or The Hotel Collection bookings through American Express Travel using the Business Platinum Card®. Meghan Hunter, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2025 The airport stopped accepting the prepaid electronic toll system used on highways in much of the state in 2022. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025 Advocates had collected nearly 800 prepaid applications starting in 2019, but the plate repeatedly stalled in the Senate despite unanimous House support, leaving supporters waiting years for authorization to move forward. Evan Moore december 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Dec. 2025 Once a business has distributed all prepaid gift cards, the promotion ends at that location. Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025 Nvidia must order GPUs, HBM memory, networking gear, and other components more than a year in advance, often via non-cancelable, prepaid contracts. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2025 Sip and Savor passes that allow visitors to purchase a prepaid card with digital coupons good for individual items at food and beverage stands throughout the festival have been offered during recent Lunar New Year events. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepaid
Verb
  • Their hard work paid off in high school, when both received their first Division 1 offers.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The move would be financed utilizing STAR bonds, which would be paid off over 30 years using new state sales tax revenues — and potentially also local taxes — generated within a dedicated district.
    Sofi Zeman January 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Students studying at tech colleges to become first responders could get their tuition and materials reimbursed under another new law.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Nearly a year later, California is still waiting to be reimbursed for $40 billion in wildfire aid that Newsom asked for after the Palisades and Eaton fires burned thousands of homes and claimed dozens of lives.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Some passengers will have to be refunded and removed from the system because capacity simply cannot absorb everyone.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The worker responded to the woman, saying her order was automatically canceled after a certain time but would be refunded, as another manager apparently explained to the customer earlier.
    Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • And despite your pessimism, over 97% of the metro district bonds issued from 2000-2008 (an appropriate time frame to evaluate performance) have been repaid in full despite the Global Financial Crisis that rocked credit and housing markets worldwide shortly thereafter.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Reimbursements for moving costs are paused for many during the shutdown, while not all expenses are being repaid.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Prepaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepaid. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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