as in to pay up
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Recent Examples of prepay
This policy change has forced businesses to prepay new tariff rates and complete complex customs forms for millions of shipments that were formerly exempt.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
So very few buyers will be willing to prepay.
—Francisco J. Monaldi, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
At the 79-room Inn at the Market, a boutique hotel tucked in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market, hotel guests can prepay to have a bouquet of market flowers or a box of fresh macaron cookies from a bakery around the corner waiting in their rooms.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Starting at about $55 per night, the Disney Dining Plan allows guests staying at Disney’s resort hotels to prepay for meals and snacks.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
So very few buyers will be willing to prepay.
—Francisco J. Monaldi, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
At the 79-room Inn at the Market, a boutique hotel tucked in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market, hotel guests can prepay to have a bouquet of market flowers or a box of fresh macaron cookies from a bakery around the corner waiting in their rooms.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Starting at about $55 per night, the Disney Dining Plan allows guests staying at Disney’s resort hotels to prepay for meals and snacks.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepay
Verb
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And his presence immediately paid off against the Los Angeles Galaxy.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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The service This is where staying in a luxury hotel really pays off.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Democratic senators pushed back against the bill, questioning whether the federal government would ever reimburse the state, a promise that officials, including DeSantis, have doubled down on and blasted critics who said otherwise.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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That's because Medicaid often reimburses care at lower rates, and providers seek to offset the lower public payments by shifting costs to consumers who pay their own way.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Keep your forms together in case you haven’t been refunded within six weeks and need to follow up.—
Lane Nieset,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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The meeting spurred the writing of a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding that federal agencies begin the process of refunding tariff payments to New Yorkers.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Mar. 2026
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MUDs are essentially governmental entities that developers can use to finance infrastructure through the issuance of bonds which are repaid by tax revenue and fees collected from homeowners.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Creature repays the favor by using his strength to free the ship from its icy prison.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Prepay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepay. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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