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
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The pressing finally paid off in the 48th minute when Forney sophomore Addison Staats picked the pocket of a Carroll player, raced 30 yards down the left side and threw a perfect cross to Kalani Brundage who was all alone, 5 yards in front of the net.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Working on getting stronger and getting extra reps in the cage, Gluting can even feel the work paying off in the early going.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The service has worked out how people can be reimbursed for living in hotel rooms, including families who were temporarily relocated to Italy and Germany before being transported back to the United States.—
Steve Walsh,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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With the program set to run through this upcoming weekend, here's what to know about getting reimbursed by Papa John's.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Congress should step in and ensure that new tariffs are blocked and small businesses are quickly refunded the tariffs we were already forced to pay under a policy the courts have now rejected.—
Serena Sato,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Mar. 2026
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When your father showed up at the airport and discovered there was no flight, the online travel agency should have immediately refunded your fare.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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That means some 20,000 Jordan’s Furniture customers could be fully repaid for $50 million worth of sales if the two teams win their Final Four games on Friday and Saturday.—
Dave Collins,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Wyoming enacted a law allowing rural hospitals to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy, normally reserved for financially stressed cities to reorganize debts and repay creditors while protecting them from legal action.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Prepay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepay. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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