PREPAY Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

prepay

verb

Definition of prepay

as in to pay up

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

stiff

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Recent Examples of prepay Customers paying with cash can still prepay for their fuel inside. — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Customers paying with cash can still prepay for fuel inside the store. — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Apr. 2026 Cash customers can still prepay inside the store. — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026 Most recently, Congress passed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, which got rid of a requirement for USPS to prepay future retiree health benefits and canceled about $57 billion in past-due prefunding payments. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for prepay

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Verb

This opaqueness from earlier in the season pays off in the form of John recounting the brutal methods the Manhunter used to decimate this planet, involving a fear gas that made people kill one another and jump to their deaths.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
And the investment Verbeek made in Carlsson, Gauthier and Mintyukov will have to pay off.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of pay off

Verb

One-day tickets for Friday and 33 percent of 3-day tickets purchased directly through Front Gate Tickets will be automatically refunded in less than 30 days to the original method of payment.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Festival tickets that were purchased outright will be refunded automatically.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of refund

Verb

The Legislative Analyst’s Office says, because homebuyers repay the bonds, there is no direct fiscal effect on state or local finances.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Meta Platforms , for example, will lease the Hyperion data center in Louisiana from such a special purpose vehicle, and revenue from the rent checks will then be used to repay investors.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of repay

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