as in to pay up
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Recent Examples of prepay
So very few buyers will be willing to prepay.
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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
Maximizing it may require strategizing — say, by prepaying certain taxes.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 4 Oct. 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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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
Maximizing it may require strategizing — say, by prepaying certain taxes.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 4 Oct. 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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Lamont pointed out that the state has paid off $10 billion in debt.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Those Fourth of July pow-wows had paid off.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Counties would have five years to repay the loans, and would also have to pledge a source of revenue in the event FEMA didn't reimburse the funding.—
ALEX ROZIER Mississippi Today,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Historically, the city only ends up reimbursing a handful of these claims each year, despite multiple being filed.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some Costco stores had been refunding the cards, according to media reports.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Once the home is rehabilitated, Habitat would sell it at an affordable price and the city would be refunded by Habitat.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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After serving her sentence, Thomas was ordered to repay $325,159 in restitution to the United States Department of Agriculture.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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The lender gives money up front and then takes a weekly or daily cut of receipts directly from the borrower's bank account until the debt is repaid and then some.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Prepay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepay. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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