as in to pay up
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Recent Examples of prepay
Now Croissant is looking to ramp up with a new twist that will prepay retailers for future sales as well as another $28 million in funding, including equity and debt.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
The filing says that the customers have agreed to prepay for products and operations priced at $48 million for the first week.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
This policy change has forced businesses to prepay new tariff rates and complete complex customs forms for millions of shipments that were formerly exempt.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
So very few buyers will be willing to prepay.
—Francisco J. Monaldi, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
The filing says that the customers have agreed to prepay for products and operations priced at $48 million for the first week.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
This policy change has forced businesses to prepay new tariff rates and complete complex customs forms for millions of shipments that were formerly exempt.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
So very few buyers will be willing to prepay.
—Francisco J. Monaldi, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepay
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And in November 2025 the efforts paid off as Noble South earned a prestigious Michelin Bib Gourmand designation, quite nice since Rainosek admits there’s a little brother complex when Mobile is compared to New Orleans.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026
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With their equity, employees have helped their parents pay off mortgages and have plans to make educational dreams come true.—
Vicente Reynal,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Communities plan and pay for those projects up front and then are reimbursed by FEMA.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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The city plans to reimburse itself using proceeds from the bonds, but the ordinance does not include specifics about how that would play out.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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The proceeds were earmarked for refunding older debt, renovations at Mineral Springs Park and a dehumidification upgrade at its ice arena, according to bond documents.—
Bloomberg,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Customs and Border Protection is working on a way to refund about $165 billion collected last year.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Still, for taxes being filed now for the 2025 tax year, there is a cap on what many people must repay.—
Julie Appleby,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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The bonds are instead repaid solely from the revenue and financial strength of the company involved in the project.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Prepay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepay. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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