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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
Verb
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Research suggests wildfire mitigation work pays off.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Friday afternoon, all the work of building something from scratch paid off.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto has also vowed to prevent LA28 from diverting money to a Legacy Fund before reimbursing Los Angeles for all expenses.—
The Editorial Board,
Daily News,
28 May 2026
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Maniscalco asked Babby if the team would agree to the city reimbursing the team for the $80 million Community Investment Tax commitment.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2026
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When Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed ordered police to take it into custody, the authorities refunded the buyer.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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This bill modifies the sales-in-error regulations to create a new category for any current outstanding certificates to be automatically declared in error, meaning those sales will be reversed, tax buyers will be refunded and the process will restart under the new statute.—
Jenna Schweikert,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The legislation follows other updates to 529 funds that allow them to be used to repay student loans or rolled over for retirement savings.—
Sharon Epperson,Stephanie Dhue,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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Some of the hardest hit by high interest rates are smaller companies, which have a tougher time borrowing to grow when loans are more expensive to repay.—
Khaled Wassef,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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“Prepay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepay. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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